2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 24 - Health and Safety
Article 1D - Health Service Corps
Section 24-1D-6 - Evaluations prior to corps service; stipend payback.
24-1D-6. Evaluations prior to corps service; stipend payback.
A. All corps health professionals shall be licensed or certified to practice in New Mexico. If the corps determines that a person does not meet the corps' standards for service, that person shall not serve as a corps health professional.
B. Prior to service, the corps shall evaluate every student and resident to whom commitment stipends have been paid. Evaluations shall continue during service. Evaluations shall include grades; licensing test scores; recommendations of professors, professional mentors and co-workers; and other factors the corps determines by regulation to be pertinent to ensuring the provision of quality health care through the corps.
C. If a person to whom a commitment stipend has been paid does not qualify for service, he shall pay back the total stipend on terms and conditions set forth in the contract with the corps. If a person to whom a commitment stipend has been paid is serving in the corps and he is deemed unsatisfactory, he shall pay back the amount of stipend determined by formula to be owed pursuant to terms and conditions set forth in the contract with the corps.
D. If a person to whom a commitment stipend has been paid qualifies for service, he may pay back the stipend through service in a community specified by the department under conditions approved by the department even if he is not an employee or contractor of the corps.
History: Laws 1994, ch. 63, 6.
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