Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare

(a) The General Assembly is cognizant of an extreme shortage in the rural areas of this state of obstetricians, gynecologists, general pediatricians, general internists, and family practice physicians. (b) (1) The providing of incentives to attract and encourage obstetricians, gy…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Rural area” means any city, town, or other area having a population of fifteen thousand (15,000) inhabitants or less according to the 1990 Federal Decennial Census. The census from federal or state penal institutions, federal or state human ser…

(a) (1) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, and the Auditor of State, a fund to be known as the “Rural Medical Clinic Revolving Loan Fund”, which shall consist of moneys provided by law to be used solely and exclusiv…

This subchapter shall be known as the “Rural Health Services Revolving Fund Act”.

(a) It shall be the responsibility of the Department of Health to promulgate all rules for making application for the matching funds required by this subchapter. (b) It shall be further the responsibility of the department to review all applications and approve those that shall b…

There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, a fund to be known as the “Rural Health Services Revolving Fund”.

(a) (1) Funds requested by authority of this subchapter shall be matched on a cash basis of fifty to fifty (50:50) by the applicant.(2) Applicants who have completed a community health needs assessment shall be eligible to match funds requested by authority of this subchapter on …

(a) It is the purpose and intent of this subchapter to establish a program of financial assistance to encourage physicians to locate in and remain in the practice of primary care medicine in communities of the state that have a population of not more than fifteen thousand (15,000…

(1) The program established in this subchapter shall be administered by the Department of Health. The department shall:(1) Accept applications for grants under this subchapter;(2) Determine the eligibility of applicants and grant or deny such grants from any funds available;(3) A…

(a) (1) Any person licensed to practice medicine in this state who subsequent to July 1, 1999, establishes a full-time practice of family medicine in a community in Arkansas having a population of not more than fifteen thousand (15,000) persons as set forth in § 20-12-501, when t…

It is the purpose and intent of this subchapter to establish a program of financial assistance to encourage primary care physicians to accept full-time faculty positions in a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences area health education center community or at the Department o…

(a) Board-eligible or board-certified family physicians and board-eligible or board-certified general pediatricians who join the full-time faculty at one (1) of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences area health education center family practice residency program training…

(a) Financial assistance under this subchapter shall be made by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. (b) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall adopt reasonable rules for the administration of this subchapter.