CHAPTER 6. PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM

IC 21-13-6
    Chapter 6. Primary Care Physician Loan Forgiveness Program

IC 21-13-6-1
"Primary care physician"
    Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "primary care physician" means aphysician who practices in any of the following areas:
        (1) Family practice.
        (2) Pediatrics.
        (3) Obstetrics and gynecology.
        (4) Internal medicine.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.4.

IC 21-13-6-2
Primary care physician loan forgiveness program
    Sec. 2. (a) The primary care physician loan forgiveness programis established.
    (b) The commission shall administer the primary care physicianloan forgiveness program.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.4.

IC 21-13-6-3
Primary care physician loan forgiveness fund
    Sec. 3. (a) The primary care physician loan forgiveness fund isestablished to encourage and promote qualified physicians to pursuea medical career in Indiana.
    (b) The fund consists of the following:
        (1) Appropriations by the general assembly.
        (2) Gifts to the fund.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.4.

IC 21-13-6-4
Administration of fund
    Sec. 4. (a) The commission shall administer the fund.
    (b) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid frommoney in the fund.
    (c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund notcurrently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the samemanner as other public funds. Interest that accrues from thoseinvestments shall be deposited in the fund.
    (d) Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert tothe state general fund but remains available to be used to providemoney for student loan forgiveness payments under this chapter.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.4.

IC 21-13-6-5
Student loan forgiveness payments
    Sec. 5. (a) The money in the fund must be used to provide annualstudent loan forgiveness payments to qualified primary carephysicians who are residents of Indiana and practice medicine in

Indiana.
    (b) Subject to section 8 of this chapter, a student loan forgivenesspayment awarded in a particular year under this section is equal tothe lesser of the following amounts:
        (1) The balance of the physician's total amount of student loans.
        (2) Five thousand dollars ($5,000).
    (c) A primary care physician is eligible for a student loanforgiveness payment under this section each year that the individualmeets the qualifications under section 6 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.4.

IC 21-13-6-6
Requirements for student loan forgiveness program
    Sec. 6. To qualify for a student loan forgiveness payment from thefund, an individual must:
        (1) be a resident of Indiana;
        (2) be licensed as a physician under IC 25-22.5;
        (3) practice as a primary care physician;
        (4) conduct the majority of the individual's medical practice inIndiana;
        (5) have an outstanding student loan balance at the beginning ofthe calendar year; and
        (6) be approved by the commission.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.4.

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Medical education board reports
    Sec. 7. The medical education board shall annually makeavailable to the commission the most recent information concerningthe number of primary care physicians who are serving as medicalresidents in Indiana.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.4.

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Allocation of funds
    Sec. 8. The commission shall annually allocate the availablemoney in the fund to each primary care physician approved underthis chapter in proportion to the total number of primary carephysicians approved under this chapter.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.4.

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Applicant information requirements
    Sec. 9. Each:
        (1) primary care physician who applies under this chapter; and
        (2) primary care physician approved under this chapter;
shall provide to the commission any information that the commissiondetermines is necessary to administer this chapter.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.4.