Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 ILCS 978 — Podiatric Scholarship and Residency Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Podiatric Scholarship and Residency Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1195.)

Purposes

Purposes. The purpose of this Act is to establish a program in the Illinois Department of Public Health to upgrade primary health care services for all citizens of the State by providing grants to podiatric medicine residency programs, scholarships to podiatry students, and a loan repayment program for podiatric physic…

Definitions

Definitions. As used in this Act: "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health. "Designated shortage area" means an area designated by the Director as a physician shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a critical health manpower shortage area as defined by the United States Department of Health,…

Powers and duties

Powers and duties. The Department shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To allocate funds to podiatric practice residency programs according to the following priorities: (1) to increase the number of podiatric physicians in designated shortage areas; (2) to increase the number of accredited podiatric practice…

Illinois Administrative Procedure Act

Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is expressly adopted and incorporated as if all of the provisions of that Act were included in this Act. (Source: P.A. 87-1195.)

Annual reports

Annual reports. The Department shall annually report to the General Assembly and the Governor the results and progress of the programs established by this Act on or before March 15th. The Department shall, no later than July 1, 1994, report to the General Assembly and the Governor concerning the impact of programs esta…

Penalties for failure to fulfill obligations

Penalties for failure to fulfill obligations. Scholarship recipients who fail to fulfill their obligation to practice in designated shortage areas shall pay to the Department a sum equal to 3 times the amount of the annual scholarship grant for each year the recipient fails to fulfill that obligation. The amounts paid…

. (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

Program funding

Program funding. Money for scholarships and residency programs under this Act shall come from the General Revenue Fund, as appropriated from time to time by the General Assembly, and from the Illinois State Podiatric Disciplinary Fund as provided in Section 19 of the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. (Source: P.A…

This Act takes effect upon becoming law

This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 87-1195.)