Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-697.12
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Cost-sharing scholarship program for physician services
Official statutory text
at correctional facilities.
The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall establish
and administer a cost-sharing scholarship program for the provision
of physician services at the various correctional facilities under
the Department of Corrections and the surrounding or nearby
communities. Except as otherwise specified herein, the scholarship
program shall be administered pursuant to the requirements
prescribed by law for and as part of the Oklahoma Community
Education Scholarship Program. Each scholarship available hereunder
shall be funded on a percentage cost-sharing basis as follows: One-
half (1/2) of the costs to be provided by the Commission, one-fourth
(1/4) of the costs to be provided by the Department of Corrections
and one-fourth (1/4) of the costs to be provided by a community.
Each physician, who has participated in the scholarship program
hereunder, shall devote one-half (1/2) of his or her professional
time to medical care and treatment of inmates at a state
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correctional facility and one-half (1/2) of his or her professional
time to medical services in the community which shared the cost of a
scholarship hereunder, for the period of time as required under the
Oklahoma Community Education Scholarship Program.
The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall establish
and administer a cost-sharing scholarship program for the provision
of physician services at the various correctional facilities under
the Department of Corrections and the surrounding or nearby
communities. Except as otherwise specified herein, the scholarship
program shall be administered pursuant to the requirements
prescribed by law for and as part of the Oklahoma Community
Education Scholarship Program. Each scholarship available hereunder
shall be funded on a percentage cost-sharing basis as follows: One-
half (1/2) of the costs to be provided by the Commission, one-fourth
(1/4) of the costs to be provided by the Department of Corrections
and one-fourth (1/4) of the costs to be provided by a community.
Each physician, who has participated in the scholarship program
hereunder, shall devote one-half (1/2) of his or her professional
time to medical care and treatment of inmates at a state
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1094
correctional facility and one-half (1/2) of his or her professional
time to medical services in the community which shared the cost of a
scholarship hereunder, for the period of time as required under the
Oklahoma Community Education Scholarship Program.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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