Section 30.301 - Eligibility Requirements(a) An educational loan is eligible for repayment if it was obtained through an eligible lender for purposes of attending a post-secondary institution. (b) An educational loan is not eligible for repayment if it: (1) was a self-made educational loan from one's own insurance policy or pension plan or from the insurance policy or pension plan of a spouse or other relative; (2) involves a service obligation; or (3) is in default at the time of the physician assistant's application. (c) An eligible lender or holder may include, and is not limited to, a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, institution of higher education, secondary market, governmental agency, pension fund, private foundation, or insurance company. An eligible lender or holder may not be any private individual. (d) To be eligible for loan reimbursement under this program, a physician assistant must meet the following criteria: (1) passed the certifying examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and is licensed to practice as a physician assistant in Texas by the Texas Medical Board; (2) has not been subject to professional disciplinary action by any state or federal licensing agency or any professional physician assistant association or society whether the society is local, regional, state, or national in scope; (3) has not been disciplined by a licensed hospital or medical staff of a hospital, including removal, suspension, or limitation of hospital privileges, or other disciplinary action; (4) satisfactorily completed an approved physician assistant training program within ten years prior to the date of application; and (5) completed a minimum of one period of service as a physician assistant in a health professional shortage area or medically underserved area in Texas.4 Tex. Admin. Code § 30.301
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 52, December 26, 2014, TexReg 10405, eff. 1/1/2015