44:63:03:04.  Complete applications -- Favorable review. If a complete application is selected for recommendation by the department, the following shall occur:

 

          (1)  A letter signed by the secretary shall be added to the application stating that it is in the public interest that a waiver of the two-year home country residency requirement be granted;

 

          (2)  The secretary may also add necessary documentation showing the area selected for practice by the J-1 physician is a shortage area;

 

          (3)  The letter and application materials shall be delivered to the appropriate federal authorities; and

 

          (4)  A copy of the letter shall be delivered to the employing facility.

 

          Source: 28 SDR 47, effective October 4, 2001; 37 SDR 235, effective June 27, 2011; 45 SDR 45, effective October 8, 2018.

          General Authority: SDCL 36-2-22.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 36-2-21, 36-2-22.