37-144-11 - Participants may apply to any accredited medical or osteopathic school; early admissions process for students applying to University of Mississippi School of Medicine.
§ 37-144-11. Participants may apply to any accredited medical or osteopathic school; early admissions process for students applying to University of Mississippi School of Medicine.
(1) Students in the program may apply to any medical or osteopathic school that is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
(2) Students in the program seeking admission to the University of Mississippi School of Medicine shall be eligible for a special admissions process pursuant to criteria established by the School of Medicine Admissions Committee which will include special consideration of the attributes of participation in the program.
(3) In carrying out the admissions process developed for the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program participants under this section, the goal is for the program to work with the School of Medicine to enhance the capability of participants to successfully enter and complete medical school, train in family medicine or other generalist primary care specialty and enter practice in rural or underserved areas in Mississippi. To the extent feasible, the early admissions process should be completed before November 1 of the year preceding a student's admission to medical school.
Sources: Laws, 2007, ch. 554, § 6, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 20, 2007.)