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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-1904" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “eligible field of employment” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Employment by an organization, an institution, an association, a society, or a corporation that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>For–profit employment in an area of the State identified by the Department as having a health care workforce shortage or public health need.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Eligible field of employment” includes employment by the State or a local government in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall use the Fund to assist in the repayment of the amount of education loans owed by a nurse or nursing support staff who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Practices in an eligible field of employment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Meets any other requirements established by the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Any unspent portions of the money that is transferred to the Department for use under this subtitle may not be transferred to or revert to the General Fund of the State, but shall remain in the Fund maintained by the Department to administer the Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
