PART III. HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
§1205.1. Health Professional Development Program
The Health Professional Development Program is hereby created in the office of
management and finance in the Louisiana Department of Health. The program is established
to meet the current and projected continued severe shortage of medical doctors and nurses
in health professional shortage areas in the state by increasing the number of primary health
care practitioners in shortage areas through a program for repayment of loans, a program for
physician retention and recruitment, and a scholarship program. The Louisiana Department
of Health may participate in any federal programs that provide matching funds or total
funding for health professional development.
Acts 1991, No. 502, §1; Acts 2009, No. 383, §1, eff. July 6, 2009; Redesignated from
R.S. 40:1300.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.