MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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Article 77A — Higher Education

Section 61A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 61(a), (c) and (e) of Article 77A
— Higher Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it
is hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education

61.

(a) As used in this section, "School of Medicine"
means the School of Medicine of the University of
Maryland [at Baltimore or where the same may hereafter be
located]. "Area of need" means a geographical area
within this [[[ ]] State which the [State Department of
Health] SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, in
consultation with the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of
Maryland [[and]] , other professional groups, determines
from time to time to have an acute need for [[general
practitioners of medicine]] PHYSICIANS IN FAMILY
PRACTICE. "STATE HEALTH SERVICE" MEANS STATE EMPLOYMENT
AS A MEDICAL DOCTOR.

(c) Eligibility for a scholarship under this
section shall be limited to persons (1) who have been
residents of Maryland for at least five [(5)] years
preceding an award for such a scholarship, (2) who have
or expect to receive within the academic year of
application a bachelor's degree from an accredited
institution of higher learning within or without the
State of Maryland, OR WHO HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR
ADMISSION TO THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE UNDER AN EARLY
ADMISSIONS PROGRAM, (3) whose financial needs and
resources meet [the] requirements [therefor as]
determined by rules and regulations adopted and
promulgated by the State Scholarship Board, which shall
be so prepared and applied as to assure that a definite
financial need shall be a prerequisite to receiving a
scholarship under this section, (4) and who furnish a
surety bond to the State of Maryland, [in such amount and
with such security as may be determined by the State
Scholarship Board,] the condition of which bond is that
the applicant, provided he received the M.D. degree
shall, following a desired period of internship and
residency, engage in the [general] FAMILY practice of
medicine in an area of need OR ACCEPT EMPLOYMENT IN STATE