Ch. 3

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(e) (1) If the total amount of the grant to be issued under subsection (d) of this
section is more than the amount appropriated in the annual State Budget, including the
amount that is collected under the Physician Quality Assurance Fund under [§
14-207(c)(2)(i)] § 14-207(C)(2)(II) of the Health Occupations Article and transferred to
this program, the amount of an eligible institution's grant for that period shall be equal to
the product of the amount required to pay grants under subsection (d) multiplied by the
ratio of the total amount appropriated to the eligible institution.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Erroneous cross-reference in § 18-804.1(e)(1) of the Education
Article. '                           :

Occurred: Ch. 628, Acts of 1993.

(2) Any unspent portions , of the money that is transferred to the
Administration for use under this [subsection' from the Physician Quality Assurance
Fund] SECTION BY THE COMPTROLLER may not be transferred to or revert to the
General Fund of the State, but shall remain in [the Fund] THE FUND MAINTAINED BY
THE ADMINISTRATION TO ADMINISTER THESE PROGRAMS to be used for the purposes
specified in this section.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: In § 18-804.1(e)(2) of the Education Article, stylistic error and an
incorrect reference to the Physician Quality Assurance Fund as the entity
transferring money to the State Scholarship Administration when, in fact, the
money is transferred by the Comptroller; and ambiguous reference to "the
Fund" in subsection (e)(2).

Occurred: Ch. 628, Acts of 1993.

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(c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the
Administration shall assist in the repayment of the amount of any higher education loan
owed by a physician who engages in primary care in the State or by a medical resident
specializing in primary care who agrees to practice for at least 2 years as a primary care
physician in a geographic area of the State that has been designated by the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene as being medically underserved with the funds transferred to
the Administration [from the Physician Quality Assurance Fund] BY THE
COMPTROLLER under [§ 14-207(c)(2)(i)] § 14-207(C)(2)(II) of the Health Occupations
Article [of the Code].                                                                   

(2) A physician who engages in primary care is not precluded from receiving
assistance from the Administration under subsection (b) of this section.

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