W. Va. Code R. § 133-41-8

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 133-41-8 - Fulfillment of Agreement

8.1. To fulfill the award agreement, a participant must complete the service obligation and provide documentation demonstrating the participant has allocated the entire award towards his or her educational debt.

8.2. A recipient shall satisfy his or her obligation as stated in the recipient's award agreement by practicing primary care full- or half-time or by full- or half-time teaching at a school of nursing in West Virginia. A medical student recipient only who has completed an emergency medicine residency shall satisfy his or her obligation practicing emergency medicine full- or half-time in West Virginia.

8.2.a. Any recipient may petition the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences to pursue additional post-graduate training beyond requirements contained in this section. The Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences shall use his or her discretion in approving such request.

8.2.b. At the time a recipient is ready to start his or her practice or teaching, he or she may request that additional areas be considered as underserved by the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences. Among the criteria for consideration of such additional areas are factors such as a population shift which may create an additional underserved area or a location where a physician or other primary health care professional will retire or leave the area for other reasons.

8.2.c. With advance approval of the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, the recipient may serve his or her obligation concurrently with other service obligations.

8.3. A dentistry, advanced practice nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, or physician assistant recipient must begin practicing and completing the service obligation within six (6) months of graduation.

8.4. A medical student recipient must begin practicing and completing the service obligation within six (6) months of completing a qualifying primary care or emergency medicine residency program in West Virginia.

8.4.a. Under certain circumstances during a medical student recipient's primary care or emergency medicine residency, the recipient may petition the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences to allow his or her service obligation to begin during residency.

8.4.b. A recipient making such a request must possess an executed employment contract governing his or her post-residency employment. The practice site must be located in a qualifying underserved area. If the contract is for full-time employment, it must require the recipient to work at the practice site for at least two (2) years upon completion of a qualifying primary care or emergency medicine residency program in West Virginia. If the contract is for half-time employment, it must require the recipient to work at the practice site for at least four (4) years upon completion of a qualifying primary care or emergency medicine residency program in West Virginia.

8.4.c. The Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences shall use his or her discretion in approving such a request. If the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences approves such a request, the recipient may begin serving the service obligation from the execution date of the employment contract.

8.5. A nurse educator recipient must begin teaching and completing the service obligation within six (6) months of graduation.

8.6. A doctoral psychology recipient must begin practicing and completing the service obligation within six (6) months of completing his or her one (1) year internship required for attaining licensure as a doctoral clinical psychologist.

8.7. A master's level social work recipient must begin practicing and completing the service obligation within six (6) months of completing his or her two (2) year post-graduate clinical field placement required for attaining licensure as a licensed independent clinical social worker.

W. Va. Code R. § 133-41-8