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6-81-718. Medical school alternates — Rural medical practice loans.
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6-81-718. Medical school alternates — Rural medical practice loans.
(a)(1) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance to the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences demonstrates a willingness to enter into a rural medical practice loan contract and meets the requirements of § 6-81-706, the applicant shall be moved to the top of the waiting list upon entering into a rural medical practice loan contract.
(2) The priority on the waiting list for those alternates who enter into a rural medical practice loan contract shall be determined by the date and time such alternate enters into the rural medical practice loan contract.
(b) The college shall meet the requirements set forth at § 6-64-406 for allocation of enrollment positions for medical students among congressional districts before accepting for admission an alternate who has entered into a rural medical practice loan contract with the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-81-718
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6-81-718. Medical school alternates — Rural medical practice loans.
(a)(1) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance to the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences demonstrates a willingness to enter into a rural medical practice loan contract and meets the requirements of § 6-81-706, the applicant shall be moved to the top of the waiting list upon entering into a rural medical practice loan contract.
(2) The priority on the waiting list for those alternates who enter into a rural medical practice loan contract shall be determined by the date and time such alternate enters into the rural medical practice loan contract.
(b) The college shall meet the requirements set forth at § 6-64-406 for allocation of enrollment positions for medical students among congressional districts before accepting for admission an alternate who has entered into a rural medical practice loan contract with the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board.
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6-64-406. Admissions generally.
(a)(1) The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas shall provide for the admission annually of not less than one hundred fifty (150) freshman students to the University of Arkansas College of Medicine. However, the board may provide for a reduction in this number to any figure not less than ninety (90) during any school year if the admission of freshman students in excess of ninety (90) would endanger the accredited rating of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine as determined by the standards of the Association of American Medical Colleges.
(2) Whenever the board has developed the necessary policies and procedures to enable the Admissions Committee of the University of Arkansas College of Medicine to comply with this subsection, the policies and procedures shall be published in the bulletin issued annually by the University of Arkansas College of Medicine.
(b)(1)(A) The board shall allocate the first seventy percent (70%) of the first one hundred fifty (150) enrollment positions for the freshman medical class among Arkansas congressional districts, using the population of each congressional district as determined by the last federal decennial census to determine that district's proportion of the freshman positions so allocated and shall assign those apportioned enrollment positions for each district to those applicants who are legal residents in that particular congressional district.
(B) The board shall give additional consideration to rural applicants from medically underserved areas in an effort to address health disparities.
(2)(A) The next fifteen percent (15%) of the first one hundred fifty (150) freshman enrollment positions shall be allocated to the state at large and assigned to applicants who are lega
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-64-406
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6-81-706. Medical students — Eligibility for initial and renewal loans.
(a) The Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board may make rural medical practice loans to the applicant, each rural medical practice loan being expressly made subject to the provisions of §§ 6-81-708(c) and 6-81-710, if it finds that:
(1) The applicant is a bona fide resident of Arkansas;
(2) The applicant has been accepted for admission to or is enrolled in good standing in the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in studies leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine;
(3) The applicant is enrolled in a medically underserved and rural practice curriculum;
(4) The applicant needs financial assistance to complete his or her medical studies;
(5) The applicant desires to practice medicine in an eligible qualified rural community; and
(6) The applicant is a person of good moral character and one who has the talent and capacity to profit by medical studies.
(b) Subject to the availability of funds, an initial rural medical practice loan for one (1) academic year shall be renewable annually for the number of years required to complete studies leading to the Doctor of Medicine degree or for additional amounts, not to exceed the maximum amounts specified in § 6-81-707, but all subsequent rural medical practice loans shall be granted only upon application by the recipient and a finding by the board that:
(1) The applicant has completed successfully the medical studies of the preceding academic year and remains in good standing as an enrolled student in the college;
(2) The applicant is enrolled or participating in a medically underserved and rural practice curriculum;
(3) The applicant continues to be a resident of Arkansas; an
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-81-706
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-81-706. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.