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Article 1. Eligible Sites and Program Participation. Rule 7 AAC 24.010. (Repealed) 7 AAC 24.011. Designation as a health care services shortage area 7 AAC 24.020. (Repealed) 7 AAC 24.021. Employer site eligibility 7 AAC 24.030. (Repealed) 7 AAC 24.031. Classification of eligible sites as having either regular or very hard-to-fill positions, or both 7 AAC 24.040. (Repealed) 7 AAC 24.041. Health care professional eligibility 7 AAC 24.050. (Repealed) 7 AAC 24.051. Prioritization of eligible sites and health care professionals 7 AAC 24.060. (Repealed) 7 AAC 24.061. Program fees 7 AAC 24.070. (Repealed) 7 AAC 24.071. Employer payments 7 AAC 24.080. (Repealed) 7 AAC 24.081. Penalties and reconsideration 7 AAC 24.010. Designation as a health care services shortage area. Repealed. (Eff. 2/16/2013, Register 205; am 6/16/2016, Register 218; repealed 12/25/2020, Register 236) 7 AAC 24.011. Designation as a health care services shortage area. The commissioner will designate a service area or site as being, or as being located in, a health care services shortage area under AS 18.29, if at least one of the following criteria are met:

(1) there is evidence that at least 30 percent of the population of the service area or site consists of underserved individuals;

(2) the service area is a rural community;

(3) the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),

(A) acting under 42 U.S.C. 254e and 256f, has designated the service area a health professional shortage area (HPSA); or