SECTION 23.62. Authority and Purpose

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(a) Authority. Authority for this subchapter is provided in the Texas Education Code, Subchapter J, Repayment of Certain Physician Education Loans. These rules establish procedures to administer the subchapter as prescribed in the Texas Education Code, §§61.531 - 61.540.
(b) Purpose. The primary purpose of the Physician Education Loan Repayment Program is to encourage qualified physicians to practice medicine in a health professional shortage area designated by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, and provide health care services to recipients under the medical assistance program authorized by the Texas Human Resources Code, Chapter 32, and to enrollees under the child health plan program authorized by the Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 62.

Source Note: The provisions of this §23.62 adopted to be effective November 30, 2009, 34 TexReg 8524; amended to be effective November 20, 2013, 38 TexReg 8196; transferred effective December 15, 2016, as published in the Texas Register November 25, 2016, 41 TexReg 9341

                    
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