Nevada Revised Statutes 226.460 – Eligibility of provider for repayment of student education loan
A provider of health care is eligible for repayment of a student education loan under the Program if the provider of health care:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 226.460
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- population: means the number of people in a specified area as determined by the last preceding national decennial census conducted by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce pursuant to Section 2 of Nevada Revised Statutes 0.050
- Redlining: The alleged practice of certain lending institutions of not making mortgage, home improvement, and small business loans in certain neighborhoods-usually areas that are deteriorating or considered by the lender to be poor investments. Source: OCC
1. Is a current resident of this State;
2. Is actively licensed, certified or registered in good standing to practice in this State as a provider of health care; and
3. Commits to at least 5 years of clinical practice as a licensed, certified or registered provider of health care in this State:
(a) In a census tract which, upon commencement of such clinical practice, is designated as a qualified census tract by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 26 U.S.C. § 42(d)(5)(B)(ii);
(b) In a census tract which, upon commencement of such clinical practice, has a high level of social vulnerability as determined according to the Social Vulnerability Index developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services;
(c) In a community in which, according to the decennial census immediately preceding the commencement of such clinical practice, at least 20 percent of households were not proficient in the English language;
(d) On tribal lands or in a community where tribal members commonly reside;
(e) In a geographic area that has been subject to historical instances of redlining, segregation or other discriminatory practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sex or gender identity or expression, as determined by the State Treasurer in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 226.462; or
(f) In a county whose population is less than 100,000.