560.183(6m)(b)
(b) Any penalties assessed and collected under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under
s. 20.143 (1) (jc).
560.183(8)
(8) Administrative contract. From the appropriation under
s. 20.143 (1) (kr), the department shall contract with the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System for administrative services from the office of rural health of the department of professional and community development of the University of Wisconsin Medical School. Under the contract, the office of rural health shall do all of the following:
560.183(8)(b)
(b) Advise the department and rural health development council on the identification of eligible practice areas with an extremely high need for medical care and dental health shortage areas with an extremely high need for dental care.
560.183(8)(d)
(d) Assist the department to publicize the program under this section to physicians, dentists, and eligible communities.
560.183(8)(e)
(e) Assist physicians and dentists who are interested in applying for the program under this section.
560.183(8)(f)
(f) Assist communities in obtaining physicians' and dentists' services through the program under this section.
560.183(8)(g)
(g) Assist the department with the general operation of the program under this section.
560.183(9)
(9) Expanded loan assistance program. The department may agree to repay loans as provided under this section on behalf of a physician or dentist under an expanded physician and dentist loan assistance program that is funded through federal funds in addition to state matching funds. To be eligible for loan repayment under the expanded physician and dentist loan assistance program, a physician or dentist must fulfill all of the requirements for loan repayment under this section, as well as all of the following:
560.183(9)(a)
(a) The physician or dentist must be a U.S. citizen.
560.183(9)(b)
(b) The physician or dentist may not have a judgment lien against his or her property for a debt to the United States.
560.183(9)(c)
(c) The physician or dentist must agree to do all of the following:
560.183(9)(c)1.
1. Accept medicare assignment as payment in full for services or articles provided.
560.183(9)(c)2.
2. Use a sliding fee scale or a comparable method of determining payment arrangements for patients who are not eligible for medicare or medical assistance and who are unable to pay the customary fee for the physician's or dentist's services.
560.183(9)(c)3.
3. Practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area, if a physician, or in a dental health shortage area, if a dentist.
560.183 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also ch.
Comm 122, Wis. adm. code.
560.184
560.184
Health care provider loan assistance program. 560.184(1)(ad)
(ad) "Council" means the rural health development council.
560.184(1)(am)
(am) "Eligible practice area" means a primary care shortage area, an American Indian reservation, or trust lands of an American Indian tribe, except that with respect to a dental hygienist "eligible practice area" means a dental health shortage area.
560.184(1)(b)
(b) "Health care provider" means a dental hygienist, physician assistant, nurse-midwife, or nurse practitioner.
560.184(2)
(2) Eligibility. The department may repay, on behalf of a health care provider, up to $25,000 in educational loans obtained by the health care provider from a public or private lending institution for education related to the health care provider's field of practice, as determined by the department with the advice of the council.
560.184(3)(a)(a) The department shall enter into a written agreement with the health care provider. In the agreement, the health care provider shall agree to practice at least 32 clinic hours per week for 3 years in one or more eligible practice areas in this state, except that a health care provider in the expanded loan assistance program under
sub. (8) who is not a dental hygienist may only agree to practice at a public or private nonprofit entity in a health professional shortage area.