# Education (GED)

## Title 18. Student Financial Assistance

### Subtitle 24. Maryland Dent-Care Program

#### Section 18-2404

Each applicant for a Higher Education Loan Assistance Grant under this subtitle shall:

(1) Be licensed to practice in Maryland by the State Board of Dental Examiners;

(2) Demonstrate financial need;

(3) Be employed full time or part time as a dentist or dental hygienist;

(4) Agree that at least 30% of the patients treated by the dentist or in the practice in which the dental hygienist works each year for a 3-year period in a private practice or clinical setting will be Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients; and

(5) Meet any other criteria established by the Office.

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Md. Code Ann., Educ. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)