# Education (GED)

## Title 18. Student Financial Assistance

### Subtitle 24. Maryland Dent-Care Program

#### Section 18-2406

Each recipient of a Higher Education Loan Assistance Grant under this subtitle may hold the grant for up to 3 years if the recipient:

(1) Continues to be employed full time or part time as a dentist or dental hygienist; and

(2) Continues to treat Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients as at least 30% of all patients treated:

  (i) By the dentist in a private practice or clinical setting authorized under the Program; or

  (ii) In the private practice or clinical setting in which the dental hygienist works.

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