2016 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 12G - Rural Health Care Recruitment Assistance
§ 34-12G-3 Eligible health care professionals.
34-12G-3. Eligible health care professionals. A physician is eligible to participate in the recruitment assistance program established pursuant to §§ 34-12G-1 to 34-12G-9, inclusive, if the physician is licensed to practice medicine pursuant to chapter 36-4 and has completed an accredited residency program in family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, or obstetrics/gynecology, and if the physician agrees to practice in an eligible rural community for a minimum period of three years. However, no more than fifteen physicians may participate in the program at any specified time. Preference shall be given to physicians who have graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Medicine and completed an accredited residency program located in South Dakota.
A dentist is eligible to participate in the recruitment assistance program established pursuant to §§ 34-12G-1 to 34-12G-9, inclusive, if the dentist is licensed to practice dentistry pursuant to chapter 36-6A and agrees to practice general or pediatric dentistry in an eligible rural community for a minimum period of three years. However, no more than five dentists may participate in the program at any specified time.
A physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse midwife is eligible to participate in the recruitment assistance program established pursuant to §§ 34-12G-1 to 34-12G-9, inclusive, if the physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse midwife is licensed to practice pursuant to chapter 36-4A or chapter 36-9A, respectively, and has completed an accredited physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse midwife program and if the person agrees to practice as a primary care physician assistant, family nurse practitioner, or nurse midwife in an eligible rural community for a minimum period of three years. However, no more than a cumulative total of fifteen physician assistants, nurse practitioners, or nurse midwives may participate in the program at any specified time.
Source: SL 2012, ch 179, § 3.
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