2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 39 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 61 - IDAHO CONRAD J-1 VISA WAIVER AND NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER PROGRAMS
Section 39-6102 - PURPOSE.

39-6102. Purpose. Under this chapter, rural and underserved communities in Idaho would be able to apply for the placement of a foreign trained physician after demonstrating that they are unable to recruit an American physician, and all other recruitment/placement possibilities have proven to be inaccessible.

(1) The "Idaho Conrad J-1 Visa Waiver Program" authorizes the Idaho department of health and welfare to recommend up to thirty (30) foreign trained physicians per federal fiscal year to locate in communities that are federally designated as having a health workforce shortage. Final approval of J-1 visa waiver requests are made by the United States bureau of citizenship and immigration services.

(2) The "National Interest Waiver Program" allows the Idaho department of health and welfare to testify that it is in the public's interest that a waiver be granted to a foreign trained physician who commits to locating in a community that is federally determined as having a health workforce shortage. Final approval of the national interest waiver request is made by the United States bureau of citizenship and immigration services.

History:

[39-6102, added 2004, ch. 128, sec. 1, p. 437; am. 2009, ch. 106, sec. 3, p. 326.]