2016 Mississippi Code
Title 37 - Education
Chapter 144 - Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program
§ 37-144-1. Mississippi Rural Physicians Program established

There is established the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program for the purpose of identifying and recruiting qualified university and college students from rural areas of the state for medical or osteopathic school matriculation. The program shall consist of three (3) distinct phases through which participants will progress, including:

(a) Undergraduate premedical education;

(b) Medical or osteopathic school and residency; and

(c) Post-residency entry into medical practice in a rural or underserved area of the State of Mississippi.