It is the purpose and intent of this part to bring about an adequate supply of persons licensed to practice medicine in the more sparsely populated areas of the State of Georgia by increasing the number of medical students from Georgia with scholarships awarded by the board pursuant to this part attending the various medical schools and inducing a sufficient number of the graduates from medical schools to return to Georgia and practice their profession in rural and underserved areas, thus affording adequate medical care to the people of Georgia.Amended by 2014 Ga. Laws 539,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2014.Amended by 2011 Ga. Laws 113,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by 2003 Ga. Laws V3, § 3, eff. 7/1/2003.
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