2014 Alaska Statutes
Title 18 - HEALTH, SAFETY, HOUSING, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND PUBLIC DEFENDER
Chapter 18.29 - HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS LOAN REPAYMENT AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM
Sec. 18.29.099 Definitions.

In AS 18.29.010 - 18.29.099,

(1) "commissioner" means the commissioner of health and social services;

(2) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;

(3) "eligible site" means a service area or health care facility that the commissioner has designated as located in a health care services shortage area based on a needs assessment score and employment statistics for qualified tier I or tier II health care professionals;

(4) "program" means the health care professions loan repayment and incentive program;

(5) "qualified employment" means employment of a tier I or tier II health care professional at an eligible site at which the health care professional is hired and paid to work

(A) in a full-time or not less than half-time position;

(B) for a contract term that is not less than three years; and

(C) not less than 50 percent time on direct patient health care services;

(6) "tier I health care professional" means a person licensed or exempt from licensure in the state as a dentist, pharmacist, or physician;

(7) "tier II health care professional" means a person licensed or exempt from licensure in the state as a dental hygienist, registered nurse, advanced nurse practitioner, physician assistant, physical therapist, clinical psychologist, or clinical social worker holding at least a master's degree in social work.