# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 01 — Procedures

### Chapter 23 — Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff

#### Regulation .01 Purpose.

*COMAR 10.01.23.01*

The purpose of the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Nurses and Nursing Support Staff is to improve access to care for all Marylanders by recruiting and retaining health care providers in health care professional shortage areas of Maryland through the provision of education loan repayment assistance to eligible participants in exchange for their service obligations.