(1) Advise the Office of Rural Health on matters related to the health care services and needs of rural communities;
(2) Develop general recommendations to meet the identified needs of rural communities; and
(3) View applications and recommend to the office which communities should receive assistance, how much money should be granted or loaned and the ability of the community to repay a loan. [1979 c.513 §6; 1981 c.693 §21; 1983 c.482 §20; 2007 c.71 §129]