A provider of health care or public health professional is eligible for repayment of a student education loan under the Program if the provider of health care or public health professional: 1. Is a current resident of this State; 2. Is actively licensed, certified or registered in good standing to practice in this State as a provider of health care or is working as a public health professional, as applicable; and 3. Commits to at least 5 years of clinical practice as a licensed, certified or registered provider of health care in this State or at least 5 years of employment as a public health professional, as applicable: (a) In a census tract which, upon commencement of such clinical practice or employment, is designated as a qualified census tract by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 42(d)(5)(B)(ii); (b) In a census tract which, upon commencement of such clinical practice or employment, has a high level of social vulnerability as determined according to the Social Vulnerability Index developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; (c) In a community in which, according to the decennial census immediately preceding the commencement of such clinical practice or employment, at least 20 percent of households were not proficient in the English language; (d) On tribal lands or in a community where tribal members commonly reside; (e) In a geographic area that has been subject to historical instances of redlining, segregation or other discriminatory practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sex or gender identity or expression, as determined by the State Treasurer in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 226.462 ; or (f) In a county whose population is less than 100,000.
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