Ala. Admin. Code r. 280-X-8-.02
The committee shall assume the initiative to identify the communities which are in need of additional dental service and qualify as areas in which the loan recipients can repay their obligation by service, as provided in Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 16-47-49(c), 16-47-81. To determine the counties with a shortage of dentists, the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards shall annually calculate by county a dentist shortage index. In addition to the dentist shortage index, the Board shall consider the percentage of dentists in a county that are over the age of sixty-dive and the proximity of a county to a major metropolitan area in determining the counties eligible for the loan recipient. Annually, the Board shall compile a list of twenty counties for the loan recipient to choose from. The recipient must spend an average of twenty(20) hours per week in clinical practice on an annualized basis practicing in the designated county for a minimum of five (5) years to qualify for forgiveness of the loan.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 280-X-8-.02
Authors: J. Matt Bledsoe, Dr. Bob Jones
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 16-47-76 through 16-47-81.