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Sub. S. B. No. 147 As Reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Aging CommitteeAs Reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Aging Committee
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Schuring, Grendell, Wagoner, Morano, Seitz
A BILL
To amend section 5120.55 of the Revised Code to
permit the Department of Rehabilitation and
Correction to recruit nurses and dentists through
a loan repayment program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5120.55 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5120.55. (A) As used in this section, "physician":
(1) "Dentist" means an individual who holds a current, valid
license issued under Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code to practice
dentistry.
(2)
"Licensed practical nurse" means an individual who holds
a current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised
Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a licensed
practical nurse.
(3) "Nurse" means a registered nurse or licensed practical
nurse.
(4) "Physician"
means an individual who
is authorized under
Chapter 4731. of the Revised
Code to practice medicine and
surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatry.
(5) "Registered nurse" means an individual who holds a
current, valid license issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised
Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a registered nurse
and includes a registered nurse who is a clinical nurse
specialist, certified nurse-midwife, or certified nurse
practitioner.
(B)(1) The department of rehabilitation and correction may
establish a physician recruitment program under which the
department, by means of a contract entered into under
division
(C)
of this section, agrees to repay all or part of the
principal and
interest of a government or other educational loan
incurred by a
physician, nurse, or dentist who agrees to provide services to
inmates
of
correctional institutions under the department's
administration.
To
(2)(a) For a physician to be eligible to participate in the
program, a the
physician must have attended a school that was,
during the time of attendance,
a medical school or osteopathic
medical school in this country accredited by
the liaison committee
on medical education or the American
osteopathic association, a
college of podiatry in this country recognized as
being in good
standing under section 4731.53 of the
Revised Code, or a medical
school,
osteopathic medical school, or
college of podiatry located
outside this country that was acknowledged by the
world health
organization and verified by a member state of that organization
as operating within that state's jurisdiction.
(b) For a nurse to be eligible to participate in the program,
the nurse must have attended a school that was, during the time of
attendance, a nursing school in this country accredited by the
commission of collegiate nursing education or the national league
for nursing accrediting commission or a nursing school located
outside this country that was acknowledged by the world health
organization and verified by a member state of that organization
as operating within that state's jurisdiction.
(c) For a dentist to be eligible to participate in the
program, the dentist must have attended a school that was, during
the time of attendance, a dental college that enabled the dentist
to meet the requirements specified in section 4715.10 of the
Revised Code to be granted a license to practice dentistry.
(C) The department
shall enter into a contract with
each
physician, nurse, or dentist it recruits under this section. Each
contract
shall include at least the following terms:
(1) The physician, nurse, or dentist agrees to provide a
specified
scope of
medical, osteopathic medical, or podiatric,
nursing, or dental
services to inmates of one or
more specified
state correctional
institutions for a specified
number of hours
per week for a
specified number of years.
(2) The department agrees to repay all or a specified
portion
of the principal and interest of a government or other
educational
loan taken by the physician, nurse, or dentist for the following
expenses
to
attend, for up to a maximum of four
years, a school
that qualifies
the physician, nurse, or dentist to participate in
the program:
(b) Other educational expenses for specific purposes,
including fees, books, and laboratory expenses, in amounts
determined to be reasonable in accordance with rules adopted
under
division (D) of this section;
(c) Room and board, in an amount determined to be
reasonable
in accordance with rules adopted under division
(D) of
this
section.
(3) The physician, nurse, or dentist agrees to pay the
department a
specified
amount, which shall be no less than the
amount already
paid by
the department pursuant to its agreement,
as damages if
the physician, nurse, or dentist
fails to complete
the
service
obligation
agreed to or fails to comply with other
specified terms of the
contract. The contract may vary the amount
of damages based on
the
portion of the physician's service
obligation that remains
uncompleted.
(4) Other terms agreed upon by the parties.
The physician's lending institution of the physician,
nurse,
or dentist, or the Ohio board of regents, may be a
party to the
contract. The
contract may
include an assignment to the department
of the physician's duty of the physician, nurse, or dentist
to
repay the
principal and interest of the loan.
(D) If the department elects to implement the physician
recruitment program, it shall adopt rules in accordance with
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish all of the
following:
(1) Criteria for designating institutions for which
physicians, nurses, or dentist, or any combination thereof, will
be recruited;
(2) Criteria for selecting physicians, nurses, or dentists,
or any combination thereof, for
participation in
the program;
(3) Criteria for determining the portion of a physician's
loan which the department will agree to repay;
(4) Criteria for determining reasonable amounts of the
expenses described in divisions (C)(2)(b) and (c) of this
section;
(5) Procedures for monitoring compliance by physicians a
physician, nurse, or
dentist
with the terms of their contracts
the contract the individual enters into under this section;
(6) Any other criteria or procedures necessary to implement
the program.
Section 2. That existing section 5120.55 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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