Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.
Section 1-2711 - Legislative findings - PurposeA. The Legislature recognizes that there is a need to:1. Upgrade the availability of quality dental care services for the people of Oklahoma;2. Improve the balance of dental manpower distribution in the state by geographic location; and3. Increase access to dental care to those who are dependent on the state for necessary dental care.B. The purpose of the Oklahoma Dental Loan Repayment Act shall be to:1. Increase the number of dentists serving and caring for those dependent upon the state for dental care; and2. Ensure that dental care and services are accessible throughout the state, and specifically, that quality dental care and services be accessible to underserved dental areas in rural and metropolitan areas of the state, and to those dependent upon the state for dental care.Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 1-2711
Added by Laws 2006 , SB 1737, c. 237, §2, eff. 11/1/2006.