(1) The proposed practice location must be located in: (a) A federally designated primary care health professional shortage area; (b) A federally designated mental health professional shortage area for psychiatrists; (c) An area having a federal designation as a medically underserved area or a medically underserved population; (d) A physician scarcity area for placement consideration of national interest waiver petitioning physicians only; or (e) A combination of federally designated areas. (2) If a new practice location is planned, additional criteria apply. New practice locations must: (a) Have the legal, financial, and organizational structure necessary to provide a stable practice environment, and must provide a business plan that supports this information; (b) Support a full-time physician practice; (c) Have written referral plans that describe how patients using the new primary care location will be connected to existing secondary and tertiary care if needed.
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