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• Pennsylvania Loan Repayment Program
http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=169&q=204515%20%20
The Department of Health provides a Loan Repayment Program as an incentive to recruit and retain primary care
practitioners who are interested in and willing to make a commitment to practicing in Federally designated Health
Professional Shortage Areas. Primary Care Practitioners include physicians in family practice, general internal medicine,
general pediatrics, osteopathic general practice, and obstetrics; general dentists; certified registered nurse practitioners;
certified nurse midwives and physician assistants.
For further information and application materials contact Pennsylvania Dept. of Health, Bureau of Primary Care at 717-
772-5298
RHODE ISLAND
• Rhode Island Health Professional Loan Repayment Program
http://www.health.ri.gov/disease/primarycare/loan-opc.php
The program provides loan repayment to providers who make a two-year commitment to work in non-profit health agencies
located in a health professional shortage area. Eligible professionals include: physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners,
certified nurse-midwives, physician assistants, and dental hygienists working for non-profit organizations in federally
designated health professional shortage areas. The health professional must be fully licensed in Rhode Island and ready for
full-time work. The recipients must sign a two-year contract with a non-profit health care facility located in a federally
designated HPSA.
SOUTH DAKOTA
• South Dakota Physician Tuition Reimbursement Program
http://www.state.sd.us/doh/rural/PhysicianTuition.htm
The program provides financial inducements to family physicians to practice in rural areas by reimbursing each qualifying
physician a portion of medical school tuition costs in return for their practice in rural communities. The exact amount is equal
to double the tuition the qualifying physician would have paid at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine for the
four most recently completed academic years. To be eligible a physician must: be licensed as a physician in South Dakota,
have completed a three year allopathic residency or a two year osteopathic residency in family practice and agree to practice
as a family physician in an eligible community for at least three years.
For more information and application materials contact South Dakota Dept. of Health, Office of Rural Health at 1-800-
738-2301
TENNESSEE
• Practice Incentive Grant
TEXAS
http://www2.state.tn.us/health/rural/haip.html
To be eligible you must be Board-Eligible, Board-Certified, Licensed Primary Care Physicians: Family Practice, Obstetrics,
Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Dentists. You must serve a minimum of 3 years, and can access the program 12 months
prior to the start date. The Letter of Intent reserves slot in community. Your service commitment must be done in a health
resource shortage area.
• Physician Education Loan Repayment Program of Texas
http://www.hhloans.com/borrowers/pelrpfactsheet.cfm