{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-81-720","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-81-720","heading":"Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program administrator","body":"(a) There is established a Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program administrator. (b) The administrator shall: (1) Be employed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; (2) Serve as liaison between loan recipients and rural communities by: (A) Working with the communities to identify their unique needs, to develop profiles of their ideal candidates, and to prepare for recruitment visits; and (B) Assisting medical students and residents to identify medically underserved and other rural communities that suit their personal and medical practice needs and to meet their contractual obligations; (3) Collect and monitor program data, including demographic data of participants and communities, service completion rates, retention rates beyond service completion, satisfaction of obligated physicians and communities, and other information; (4) Prepare annual program evaluations and present the evaluations to the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board; (5) Assist with preparation and submission of program reports; (6) Attend board meetings in a nonvoting capacity; and (7) Perform other functions assigned by the board. Acts 2007, No. 1058, § 9.\n\n(a) There is established a Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program administrator.\n\n(b) The administrator shall: (1) Be employed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; (2) Serve as liaison between loan recipients and rural communities by: (A) Working with the communities to identify their unique needs, to develop profiles of their ideal candidates, and to prepare for recruitment visits; and (B) Assisting medical students and residents to identify medically underserved and other rural communities that suit their personal and medical practice needs and to meet their contractual obligations; (3) Collect and monitor program data, including demographic data of participants and communities, service completion rates, retention rates beyond service completion, satisfaction of obligated physicians and communities, and other information; (4) Prepare annual program evaluations and present the evaluations to the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board; (5) Assist with preparation and submission of program reports; (6) Attend board meetings in a nonvoting capacity; and (7) Perform other functions assigned by the board.\n\n(1) Be employed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences;\n\n(2) Serve as liaison between loan recipients and rural communities by: (A) Working with the communities to identify their unique needs, to develop profiles of their ideal candidates, and to prepare for recruitment visits; and (B) Assisting medical students and residents to identify medically underserved and other rural communities that suit their personal and medical practice needs and to meet their contractual obligations;\n\n(A) Working with the communities to identify their unique needs, to develop profiles of their ideal candidates, and to prepare for recruitment visits; and\n\n(B) Assisting medical students and residents to identify medically underserved and other rural communities that suit their personal and medical practice needs and to meet their contractual obligations;\n\n(3) Collect and monitor program data, including demographic data of participants and communities, service completion rates, retention rates beyond service completion, satisfaction of obligated physicians and communities, and other information;\n\n(4) Prepare annual program evaluations and present the evaluations to the Arkansas Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board;\n\n(5) Assist with preparation and submission of program reports;\n\n(6) Attend board meetings in a nonvoting capacity; and\n\n(7) Perform other functions assigned by the board.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 81","Subchapter 7"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"7dd428e8646b4646c83d7f1545a94992fbaef38a09781d1cb1eaa44da98f4d35","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-81-719","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-81-721"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}