Loan Repayment

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How can I get information on the
IHS Loan Repayment Program?

The purpose of the Indian Health Service (IHS) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) is to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals to meet the staffing needs of the IHS or an Indian health program.

All health professions are eligible to apply to the Loan Repayment Program. However, physicians and nurses have historically received the highest priority for selection into the program.

LRP applicants must be health or allied health professionals who:

• are U.S. citizens;
• are committed to practice at an IHS or other Indian health program priority site, demonstrated by enclosing a signed contract to serve at such a site;
• are free to begin service on or before September 30 in a full-time clinical practice for two continuous years in an approved IHS or other Indian health program priority site; and
• meet the definition given in Section 4(n) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), Public Law (P.L.) 94-437, as amended, that:

  Health Profession means family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, geriatric medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, podiatric medicine, nursing, public health nursing, dentistry, psychiatry, osteopathy, optometry, pharmacy, psychology, public health, social work, marriage and family therapy, chiropractic medicine, environmental health and engineering and allied health professions.

• have a degree in medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, or health profession consistent with Section 4(n); and have completed an approved graduate training program in medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, or other health profession in a State, and have a license to practice medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, or, if applicable, other health profession in a State, except that the Secretary may waive the requirement of graduate training for good cause shown.

To obtain an application or request additional information, write, call or visit the Loan Repayment Program website at:

	Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program Twinbrook Metro Plaza -- Suite 100A 12300 Twinbrook Parkway Rockville, Maryland 20852 Phone: (301) 443-3396 Fax:     (301) 443-4815 Loan Repayment Program Website