Section 23.303 - Applicant Ranking Priorities(a) If insufficient funds are available in a year to offer loan repayment assistance to all eligible applicants, then applications shall be ranked using priority determinations in the following order. (1) The Coordinating Board may choose to post an application deadline, which will be posted on the program web page. In such a case, applications received prior to the application deadline will be given priority over applications received after the application deadline.(2) Renewal applications shall be given priority over initial-year applications, unless a break in service period has occurred, in which case the application would be treated as an initial-year application for priority ranking.(3) Applications for those employed in rural counties shall be given priority over those who are not employed in rural counties. In the case of applicants serving at multiple sites, an applicant who spends at least 75 percent of their work hours serving in rural counties is considered to be working in a rural county.(4) Applications shall be ranked based on the Primary Care HPSA score in which the employer is located. Applications with the highest Primary Care HPSA score shall be given priority over applications with the next highest Primary Care HPSA score, and so on.(5) Applications from Registered Nurses shall be given priority over applications from Licensed Vocational Nurses, who shall be given priority over applications from Advanced Practice Nurses.(6) Applications shall be ranked based on the date of application submission. Applications from the group with the earliest application submission date shall be given priority over applications from the next earliest application submission date, and so on.(b) In determining the Primary Care HPSA score, the following shall apply:(1) If an applicant works for an agency located in a Primary Care HPSA that has satellite clinics and the nurse works in more than one of the clinics, the highest Primary Care HPSA score where the applicant works shall apply.(2) If an applicant travels to make home visits, the applicant's agency base location and its Primary Care HPSA score shall apply.(3) If an applicant works for different employers in multiple Primary Care HPSAs having different degrees of shortage, the location having the highest Primary Care HPSA score shall apply.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 23.303
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 32, August 9, 2024, TexReg 5991, eff. 8/15/2024