39.385 Primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program.
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39.385 Primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(a)“Graduate medical education training program” means any of the following:
1. A program of education in a medical specialty following the completion of medical school that prepares a physician for the independent practice of medicine in that specialty.
2. A program of education in a medical subspecialty following the completion of education in a medical specialty that prepares a physician for the independent practice of medicine in that subspecialty.
(b)“Grant program” means the primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program under this section.
(c)“Health professional shortage area” has the meaning given in s. 36.60
(aj).
(d)“Health service shortage area” means an area designated by the governor and certified by the federal secretary of health and human services under 42 USC 1395x as an area with a shortage of personal health services.
(e)“Medically underserved area” has the meaning given in 42 CFR Part 51 c, section 102 (e).
(f)“Primary care medicine” means any of the following medical specialties:
1. Family practice.
2. Internal medicine.
3. Pediatrics.
4. General surgery.
(g)“Psychiatry” includes child psychiatry.
(h)“Underserved area” means a health professional shortage area, a health service shortage area, or a medically underserved area.
(2)Establishment of program. There is established, to be administered by the board, a primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program to encourage primary care physicians and psychiatrists who meet the eligibility requirements specified in sub.
(3)to practice primary care medicine and psychiatry in underserved areas in this state by providing grants of financial assistance to those physicians and psychiatrists as provided in sub.
(4).
(3)Eligibility. A physician or psychiatrist is eligible for financial assistance as provided under sub.
(4)if the physician or psychiatrist meets all of the following requirements: