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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 13B.08.09.07" title_num="13B" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="09" heading="Maryland Dent-Care Loan Assistance Repayment Program Recipient Obligations.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The recipient of an Maryland Dent-Care Loan Assistance Repayment Program (MDC-LARP) award shall furnish the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) with written acceptance of the award and sign a promissory note that stipulates the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Obligations of an MDC-LARP recipient;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Number of years to which the MDC-LARP recipient commits;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Total and annual amounts of the MDC-LARP award;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Penalties for breaching the promissory note;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Circumstances under which the obligation may be deferred, canceled, suspended, or waived; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Other terms OSFA deems necessary.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A recipient of an MDC-LARP award shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Provide dental care services to Maryland Medical Assistance Program MMAP recipients equal to at least 30 percent of their practice for 1 year for each year the individual received an award;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide dental care services in a full-time eligible practice site (full-time practice means a minimum of 40 hours per week);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Provide at least 32 hours of the required 40 hours per week during normally scheduled office hours at an eligible practice site; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Ensure that no more than 35 workdays are spent away from the practice for holidays, vacation, continuing professional education, illness, or any other reason. Absences greater than 35 workdays in any given 52-week period shall extend the service obligation end date.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>While in practice at an eligible practice site, an MDC-LARP recipient shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Sign up to be a Medical Assistance provider with the Maryland Healthy Smiles Program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Accept and render services to Maryland Medical Assistance Program recipients;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Maintain a valid license to practice dentistry in the State of Maryland throughout the service obligation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Notify OSFA if the employment arrangement at the eligible practice site is terminated or changed;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Notify OSFA if the repayment of a loan is undertaken by an entity defined in Education Article, §18-2401(b)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Keep timely records of services rendered to all Medicaid patients (both Network Provider Recipients and Maryland Medical Assistance Program Recipients) and provide the Department of Health Office of Oral Health with written reports of those services as allowed by federal and state confidentiality statutes and regulations; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Complete an exit interview at the end of the final service period.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>