§ 32.1-122.5:1. Conditional grants for certain medical students.

A. With such funds as are appropriated for this purpose, the Board of Healthshall establish, in addition to the scholarships established pursuant to §32.1-122.6, annual medical scholarships for students who (i) intend to enterone of the designated specialties of family practice medicine, generalinternal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology and (ii) commit topracticing in a medically underserved area of Southwest Virginia. Suchscholarships shall be awarded to students in good standing at the QuillenSchool of Medicine of East Tennessee State University, with preference beinggiven to bona fide residents of Virginia, as determined by § 23-7.4 andspecifically for bona fide residents of Southwest Virginia. The Board ofHealth shall request the governing board of East Tennessee State Universityto submit to the Commissioner the names of those eligible applicants who aremost qualified as determined by the regulations of the Board for thesemedical scholarships. The Commissioner shall award the scholarships toapplicants whose names are submitted by the governing board.

B. The provisions of § 32.1-122.6 and all regulations of the Boardpromulgated pursuant to § 32.1-122.6 shall apply to the award of thescholarships established herein and to the applicants for and recipients ofsuch scholarships. In addition to the regulations established pursuant to §32.1-122.6, the Board shall define Southwest Virginia by designating PlanningDistricts one, two, and three as those jurisdictions in which eligiblestudents shall be required to serve.

(1992, c. 358; 1994, c. 281.)