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Agency 048 - Health, Department ofSubagency 0050 - Rural Health, Office of
Chapter 5 - WYOMING PROVIDER RECRUITMENT GRANT PROGRAM
Section 5-11 - Physician Recruitment Grant Termination Breach, Repayment and Penalties

048-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-11

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Section 5-11 - Physician Recruitment Grant Termination Breach, Repayment and Penalties

(a) The Department is contracting with the recruitment entity. If the recruited physician fails to meet the requirements of the statute and rules, the recruitment entity must repay the entire amount of grant funds awarded. The recruitment entity is not precluded from recovering theses repayments from the recruited physician.

(b) If the recruitment entity is unable to recruit a physician within one (1) year of the effective date of the Contract Agreement, the contract terminates without penalty.

(c) If the recruited physician fails to relocate and begin full-time practice in Wyoming within six (6) months as required by Section 7(i), the Contract Agreement terminates and the Department will not make any grant payments to the recruitment entity.

(d) If the recruitment entity fails to provide required information in Section 7, it may be required to repay any monies granted under this section to the state.

(e) Repayments include:

  • (i) The total amount of the grant identified in the Contract Agreement;
  • (ii) Interest at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum; and
  • (iii) The Department may also recover costs and expenses incurred in collection and attorney fees.
  • (iv) The amount to be repaid shall be determined from the end of the month in which the grant recipient breached the contract agreement as if the recipient had breached at the end of the month.

(f) Amounts recovered and damages collected under this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.

(g) The Department may cancel or release, in full or in part, a recruitment entity from the service obligation under the contract agreement without penalty:

  • (i) If the recruited physician is unable to fulfill the service obligation due to permanent disability that prevents her from performing any work for remuneration or profit;
  • (ii) If the recruited physician dies;
  • (iii) If the recruited physician or a family member for whom the recruited physician is the principal caregiver has a chronic life threatening illness or a severe chronic medical circumstance that requires relocation as documented by a physician and is approved by the Department.

048-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-11