If a complete application is selected for recommendation by the department, the following shall occur:
- (1) A letter signed by the secretary shall be added to the application stating that it is in the public interest that a waiver of the two-year home country residency requirement be granted;
- (2) The secretary may also add necessary documentation showing the area selected for practice by the J-1 physician is a shortage area;
- (3) The letter and application materials shall be delivered to the appropriate federal authorities; and
- (4) A copy of the letter shall be delivered to the employing facility.
Source: 28 SDR 47, effective October 4, 2001; 37 SDR 235, effective June 27, 2011; 45 SDR 45, effective October 8, 2018.
General Authority: SDCL 36-2-22.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-2-21 , 36-2-22.
Prior versions effective: 2011-06-27.