94- 457 C.M.R. ch. 616, § 3

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 457-616-3 - Medical School Program Eligibility

To be eligible to participate in the Scholarship Program, a Medical School Program must meet the following criteria, and shall enter into a Participation Agreement with the Authority in which the Medical School Program certifies that:

A. The Medical School Program is an allopathic or osteopathic medical school program accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association, respectively, and the Medical School Program has provided the Authority with such evidence of its accreditation as the Authority may require;

B. An educational or healthcare institution located in Maine participates in curriculum development and the selection of students for admission into the Medical School Program, and the Medical School Program has provided the Authority with such evidence of its affiliation with such educational or healthcare institution, as applicable, as the Authority may require;

C. The Medical School Program enrolls no fewer than 10 students per class year;

D. The Medical School Program requires that all students complete not less than one academic year of the medical school curriculum at facilities located in Maine;

E. The Medical School Program has raised funds through philanthropic resources and the private sector to match 100% of the funds allocated to the Medical School Program from the Fund;

F. The Medical School Program's curriculum includes required clerkship experiences in the State in and training and course completion in rural health care and primary care;

G. Matching funds will be used to provide scholarships at least equal to the number of scholarship awards allocated to the Medical School Program pursuant to Section 6 in a given academic year, in accordance with the same student eligibility and other criteria and requirements of the Scholarship Program.

H. The Medical School Program will only award scholarships funded by the Scholarship Program to eligible students in accordance with this Chapter 616, and will give priority to those students meeting the criteria of Section 2(C). The Medical School Program will provide such verification of the eligibility of students receiving scholarships as may be requested by the Authority from time to time.

I. The Medical School Program will provide such information relevant to the students receiving scholarships and relevant to the Medical School Program as may be requested by the Authority from time to time. At a minimum, for each of eight years after the graduation from the Medical School Program of a student receiving a scholarship pursuant to the Scholarship Program, the Medical School Program must report to the Authority, on such forms, or electronically, as may be required by the Authority, the location of the student's medical residency, specialty and place of employment;

J. The Medical School Program has designated one person responsible for the Scholarship Program;

K. For a renewal scholarship, the Medical School Program must verify annually that the student scholarship recipients are in good academic standing within any applicable institutional standards and continue to meet the student eligibility criteria set forth in Section 2 and other criteria for subsequent Scholarship Program funds as set forth in Section 4;

L. The Medical School Program has established that appropriate internal auditing and control procedures have been utilized in the operation of the Scholarship Program.

94- 457 C.M.R. ch. 616, § 3