"J-1 visa physician" defined.

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"J-1 visa physician" means a foreign medical graduate who:

1. Has an offer of full-time employment at a health facility in an area designated by the Federal Government as a health care professional shortage area or at a health facility which serves patients from such a designated area, and agrees to begin employment at that facility within 90 days after receiving a J-1 visa waiver;

2. Signs a contract to continue to work at that health facility for a total of 40 hours per week for not less than 3 years;

3. Applies for or has been issued a license to practice medicine pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS; and

4. Applies for a J-1 visa waiver.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 772)


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