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164.935 Physician recruitment and placement services for underserved geographic areas. (1) As used in this section: (a) &quot;Physician&quot; means a medical doctor practicing full-time family medicine, general obstetrics and gynecology, general pediatrics, or general internal <br>medicine; and (b) &quot;Underserved geographic area&quot; means a county in which the ratio between physicians practicing full-time in that county and the county's population <br>results in each physician serving two thousand five hundred (2,500) or more <br>residents, based on population data acceptable to either the University of <br>Kentucky or the University of Louisville. (2) The University of Kentucky and University of Louisville shall establish and maintain physician recruitment and placement services, the principal function of <br>which shall be to recruit or place family or general practice physicians in <br>underserved geographic areas. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall pay <br>each university fifty thousand dollars (&#36;50,000) annually for basic administrative <br>costs in addition to the fees enumerated in subsection (4) of this section. (3) Physician recruitment and placement services may be contracted by licensed health-care facilities or services to assist in recruiting physicians in underserved <br>geographic areas. Fees shall be charged by the University of Kentucky or the <br>University of Louisville to the contracting party in an amount not to exceed ten <br>thousand dollars (&#36;10,000) per physician. (4) If no licensed health-care facility or service has contracted for recruitment services, when the University of Kentucky or the University of Louisville places a physician <br>in an underserved geographic area or a psychiatrist in a state mental health facility, <br>the following fees shall be paid to the university by the Cabinet for Health and <br>Family Services, the total of which shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars (&#36;50,000) <br>per university in addition to the fifty thousand dollars (&#36;50,000) per university <br>enumerated in subsection (2) of this section: <br>(a) Ten thousand dollars (&#36;10,000) for a family practice physician entering permanent, full-time practice; (b) Ten thousand dollars (&#36;10,000) for a psychiatrist entering full-time permanent employment in a state mental health facility; (c) Eight thousand dollars (&#36;8,000) for a general obstetrician-gynecologist entering permanent, full-time practice; (d) Two thousand dollars (&#36;2,000) for a general pediatrician or general internal medicine practitioner entering permanent, full-time practice; and (e) One thousand dollars (&#36;1,000) for any other licensed medical practitioner entering permanent, full-time practice. (5) Fees paid to the universities under the provisions of subsection (3) of this section shall be made only after sufficient proof has been presented documenting the <br>university's principal role in influencing the physician's practice location. <br>Correspondence from physicians placed, as well as all other parties directly involved, shall state that the university substantially influenced the physician's <br>choice of practice location and describe in detail the services provided by the <br>university. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 141, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 120, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 482, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1990.

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164.935 Physician recruitment and placement services for underserved geographic areas. (1) As used in this section: (a) &quot;Physician&quot; means a medical doctor practicing full-time family medicine, general obstetrics and gynecology, general pediatrics, or general internal <br>medicine; and (b) &quot;Underserved geographic area&quot; means a county in which the ratio between physicians practicing full-time in that county and the county's population <br>results in each physician serving two thousand five hundred (2,500) or more <br>residents, based on population data acceptable to either the University of <br>Kentucky or the University of Louisville. (2) The University of Kentucky and University of Louisville shall establish and maintain physician recruitment and placement services, the principal function of <br>which shall be to recruit or place family or general practice physicians in <br>underserved geographic areas. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall pay <br>each university fifty thousand dollars (&#36;50,000) annually for basic administrative <br>costs in addition to the fees enumerated in subsection (4) of this section. (3) Physician recruitment and placement services may be contracted by licensed health-care facilities or services to assist in recruiting physicians in underserved <br>geographic areas. Fees shall be charged by the University of Kentucky or the <br>University of Louisville to the contracting party in an amount not to exceed ten <br>thousand dollars (&#36;10,000) per physician. (4) If no licensed health-care facility or service has contracted for recruitment services, when the University of Kentucky or the University of Louisville places a physician <br>in an underserved geographic area or a psychiatrist in a state mental health facility, <br>the following fees shall be paid to the university by the Cabinet for Health and <br>Family Services, the total of which shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars (&#36;50,000) <br>per university in addition to the fifty thousand dollars (&#36;50,000) per university <br>enumerated in subsection (2) of this section: <br>(a) Ten thousand dollars (&#36;10,000) for a family practice physician entering permanent, full-time practice; (b) Ten thousand dollars (&#36;10,000) for a psychiatrist entering full-time permanent employment in a state mental health facility; (c) Eight thousand dollars (&#36;8,000) for a general obstetrician-gynecologist entering permanent, full-time practice; (d) Two thousand dollars (&#36;2,000) for a general pediatrician or general internal medicine practitioner entering permanent, full-time practice; and (e) One thousand dollars (&#36;1,000) for any other licensed medical practitioner entering permanent, full-time practice. (5) Fees paid to the universities under the provisions of subsection (3) of this section shall be made only after sufficient proof has been presented documenting the <br>university's principal role in influencing the physician's practice location. <br>Correspondence from physicians placed, as well as all other parties directly involved, shall state that the university substantially influenced the physician's <br>choice of practice location and describe in detail the services provided by the <br>university. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 141, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 120, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 482, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1990.

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164.935 Physician recruitment and placement services for underserved geographic areas. (1) As used in this section: (a) &quot;Physician&quot; means a medical doctor practicing full-time family medicine, general obstetrics and gynecology, general pediatrics, or general internal <br>medicine; and (b) &quot;Underserved geographic area&quot; means a county in which the ratio between physicians practicing full-time in that county and the county's population <br>results in each physician serving two thousand five hundred (2,500) or more <br>residents, based on population data acceptable to either the University of <br>Kentucky or the University of Louisville. (2) The University of Kentucky and University of Louisville shall establish and maintain physician recruitment and placement services, the principal function of <br>which shall be to recruit or place family or general practice physicians in <br>underserved geographic areas. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall pay <br>each university fifty thousand dollars (&#36;50,000) annually for basic administrative <br>costs in addition to the fees enumerated in subsection (4) of this section. (3) Physician recruitment and placement services may be contracted by licensed health-care facilities or services to assist in recruiting physicians in underserved <br>geographic areas. Fees shall be charged by the University of Kentucky or the <br>University of Louisville to the contracting party in an amount not to exceed ten <br>thousand dollars (&#36;10,000) per physician. (4) If no licensed health-care facility or service has contracted for recruitment services, when the University of Kentucky or the University of Louisville places a physician <br>in an underserved geographic area or a psychiatrist in a state mental health facility, <br>the following fees shall be paid to the university by the Cabinet for Health and <br>Family Services, the total of which shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars (&#36;50,000) <br>per university in addition to the fifty thousand dollars (&#36;50,000) per university <br>enumerated in subsection (2) of this section: <br>(a) Ten thousand dollars (&#36;10,000) for a family practice physician entering permanent, full-time practice; (b) Ten thousand dollars (&#36;10,000) for a psychiatrist entering full-time permanent employment in a state mental health facility; (c) Eight thousand dollars (&#36;8,000) for a general obstetrician-gynecologist entering permanent, full-time practice; (d) Two thousand dollars (&#36;2,000) for a general pediatrician or general internal medicine practitioner entering permanent, full-time practice; and (e) One thousand dollars (&#36;1,000) for any other licensed medical practitioner entering permanent, full-time practice. (5) Fees paid to the universities under the provisions of subsection (3) of this section shall be made only after sufficient proof has been presented documenting the <br>university's principal role in influencing the physician's practice location. <br>Correspondence from physicians placed, as well as all other parties directly involved, shall state that the university substantially influenced the physician's <br>choice of practice location and describe in detail the services provided by the <br>university. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 141, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 120, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 482, sec. 14, effective July 13, 1990.