1. (1) To be eligible to receive a grant under the grant program, a physician shall meet the following qualifications:

   1. (a) Maintain a practice in a medically underserved rural area of the state;
   2. (b) Be licensed to practice in this state and board certified;
   3. (c) Complete a minimum of 100 hours biennially of continuing medical education as approved by the Georgia Composite Medical Board;
   4. (d) Provide weekend or extended hours; and
   5. (e) Accept Medicaid and Medicare patients.
   6. (f) A physician receiving a grant pursuant to the grant program shall agree to practice medicine in such medically underserved rural areas of the state full-time as defined by the Board.
   7. (g) Must meet all other requirements as set forth by the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.

Authority: O.C.G.A. § 31-34-20.

History. Original Rule entitled "Eligibility Criteria" adopted. F. Nov. 15, 2018; eff. Dec. 5, 2018.

Repealed: New Rule of the same title adopted. F. Dec. 26, 2019; eff. Jan. 15, 2020.