3701-56-03 Requirements for contract.

(A) An individual who has signed a letter of intent under section 3702.90 of the Revised Code may enter into a contract with the director and the Ohio board of regents for participation in the dentist loan repayment program. A lending institution may also be a party to the contract.

(B) The contract shall include all of the following obligations:

(1) Agreement by the individual to:

(a) Provide dental care services in the dental health resource shortage area identified in his or her letter of intent for at least one year;

(b) Provide dental services for a minimum of forty hours per week;

(c) Provide dental services without regard to a patient’s ability to pay;

(d) Meet the conditions prescribed by the “Social Security Act,” 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 301 as amended, and the Ohio department of job and family services for participation in the medicaid program established under Chapter 5111.of the Revised Code and enter into a contract with the Ohio department of job and family services and its contracting managed care plans to provide dental services to medicaid recipients; and

(e) Pay the Ohio board of regents the following as damages if the individual fails to complete the service obligation agreed to under this paragraph:

(i) If the failure occurs during the first two years of the service obligation, three times the total amount the Ohio board of regents has agreed to repay under paragraph (B)(3) of this rule;

(ii) If the failure occurs after the first two years of the service obligation, three times the amount the Ohio board of regents is still obligated to repay under paragraph (B)(3) of this rule;

(2) Agreement by the Ohio board of regents, as provided in section 3702.85 of the Revised Code, to pay, so long as the individual performs the service obligation to which he or she has agreed under paragraph (B)(1) of this rule, all or part of the individual’s educational expenses, but not exceeding twenty thousand dollars per year of service;

(3) If the Ohio board of regents assumes the individual’s duty to pay a loan, the contract shall set forth the total amount of principal and interest to be paid, an amortization schedule, and the amount of each payment to be made under the schedule;

(4) Other terms including but not limited to the following:

(a) An assignment to the Ohio board of regents of the individual’s duty to pay the principal and interest of a government or other educational loan taken by the individual for educational expenses; and

(b) Reimbursement for increased tax liability if repayment results in an increase in the individual’s federal, state, or local income tax liability.

HISTORY: Eff. 7-8-04

Rule promulgated under: RC 119.03

Rule authorized by: RC 3702.86

Rule amplifies: RC 3702.91

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 07/01/2009