Each applicant for a Higher Education Loan Assistance Grant under this subtitle shall: Be licensed to practice in Maryland by the State Board of Dental Examiners; Demonstrate financial need; Be employed full time or part time as a dentist or dental hygienist; 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 Meet any other criteria established by the Office.