The department shall apply funds appropriated to the department from the osteopathic physician excellence fund established pursuant to Section 3 [21-22D-13 NMSA 1978] of this 2019 act exclusively for health professional loan repayment assistance for osteopathic primary care physicians who are licensed pursuant to the Osteopathic Medicine Act [Chapter 61, Article 10 NMSA 1978] and who practice in areas of New Mexico that the department has designated as underserved.
History: Laws 2019, ch. 68, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2019, ch. 68 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2019, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.