191.600. Loan repayment program established--health professional student loan repayment program fund established--use. - Missouri Statutes

Loan repayment program established--health professional student loanrepayment program fund established--use.

191.600. 1. Sections 191.600 to 191.615 establish a loan repaymentprogram for graduates of approved medical schools, schools of osteopathicmedicine, schools of dentistry and accredited chiropractic colleges whopractice in areas of defined need and shall be known as the "HealthProfessional Student Loan Repayment Program". Sections 191.600 to 191.615shall apply to graduates of accredited chiropractic colleges when federalguidelines for chiropractic shortage areas are developed.

2. The "Health Professional Student Loan and Loan Repayment ProgramFund" is hereby created in the state treasury. All funds recovered from anindividual pursuant to section 191.614 and all funds generated by loanrepayments and penalties received pursuant to section 191.540 shall becredited to the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be used by the departmentof health and senior services to provide loan repayments pursuant to section191.611 in accordance with sections 191.600 to 191.614 and to provide loanspursuant to sections 191.500 to 191.550.

(L. 1988 H.B. 1380 §§ 1, 9, A.L. 1993 H.B. 564, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567 merged with S.B. 393)