KRS 164.0281: Duties of Office of Professional Education Preparation Programs.

The Office of Professional Education Preparation Programs shall coordinate, promote

and support activities designed to:

(1) Identify high school students and other individuals from designated underserved

areas of the Commonwealth who have indicated an interest in, and demonstrated

potential for pursuing professional careers;

(2) Provide special educational opportunities for such students to prepare themselves

for admission to, and graduation from, professional schools;

(3) Provide extramural (off-campus) educational opportunities for professional students

in rural and other designated underserved areas of the Commonwealth;

(4) Identify currently enrolled professional students, post -graduate trainees and

residents who are deemed to have realistic potential for recruitment to practice in

underserved areas of the Commonwealth;

(5) Provide for the intensive recruitment of such students and postgraduate trainees for

practice in underserved areas;

(6) Provide technical assistance to communities in their professional manpower

recruitment efforts.