10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 506, § 2
No later than June 1st Commissioner of Human Services shall designate underserved dental care of each year, beginning in 1986, the areas. Such areas shall be those Dental Care Analysis Areas which meet the criteria for underservice defined in Section 3 below. The designations for underservice shall be in effect for one year from the date of designation.
The Commissioner of Human Services, in making such designations, shall utilize the Department's Cooperative Health Manpower Resource Inventories, the Dental Care Analysis Areas as adopted by the Maize State Health Coordinating Council and published in the most recent State Health Plan for Maine, the most current population estimates prepared by the State Planning Office, or the Bureau of Medical Services, Office of Health Planning and Development, and such other information as may be available and appropriate.
Before designating DCAAs as underserved, the Commissioner of Human Services will provide an opportunity for the Advisory Committee on Medical Education to review and comment on the list of areas proposed for designation.
A dental care practitioner may earn forgiveness of his/her debt to the Compact Program by practicing in a designated underserved area. Forgiveness will continue to be earned at such a practice site, even if the designated area in which the dental practice was established ceases to meet the criteria for designation as an underserved area.
10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 506, § 2