Service Obligations
Recipients of this program are required to complete an employment obligation at an eligible practice site.
The service obligation is either two years of full-time (a minimum of 40 hours per week) or four years of half-time (a minimum of 20 hours per week) employment at an eligible practice site. All service sites must be within West Virginia. Participants are responsible for securing a practice site within six months of completing their training. Ineligible service obligation sites include emergency rooms (except for Emergency Medicine trained physicians), hospital inpatient positions, and walk-in clinics.
The penalty for not fulfilling the service obligation is repayment of the award with 15 percent interest. Interest begins accruing from the date of default if training or the service obligation is not completed.
For information on what services sites qualify for each discipline, please see the Eligible Sites for Health Sciences Service Program Service Obligations PDF below.
Service sites vary by profession. Please use the documents listed below in consultation with the Eligible Sites for Health Sciences Service Program Service Obligation in locating an eligible service site.
* Eligible Service Area maps are updated annually in July