Eligibility for scholarship ACTIVE

Any United States citizen and resident of the state of Louisiana, who is admitted to or is engaged in the study of medicine at an accredited school of medicine located in the United States, or who is engaged in an internship or residency program within the United States, and who intends to practice family medicine in an area of the parish hospital or hospital service district where there is a shortage of physicians practicing family medicine shall be eligible to apply, to the board of commissioners of the parish hospital or hospital service district in the parish or district in which the applicant resides or once resided for a scholarship in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Such application shall be in writing and in such form as the board may require. It shall contain the written statement of the applicant that he intends to practice family medicine in the parish or district, as the case may be, if he is selected to receive a scholarship.