1. A health care licensing board shall adopt regulations that establish a process for prioritizing the review of an application for initial licensure as a provider of health care under the jurisdiction of the health care licensing board if the applicant demonstrates that he or she will provide health care primarily in a historically underserved community. Such regulations: (a) Must authorize an applicant to demonstrate that he or she will provide health care primarily in a historically underserved community by submitting a letter from an employer that is located in a historically underserved community which states: (1) That the applicant has accepted an offer of employment from the employer; and (2) The date on which the applicant intends to commence such employment; and (b) May prescribe additional ways in which an applicant may demonstrate that he or she will provide health care primarily in a historically underserved community. 2. As used in this section: (a) Health care licensing board means: (1) A board created by chapter 630 , 631 , 632 or 633 of NRS. (2) The State Board of Health with respect to chapters 634B , 640D , 640E , 652 and 653 of NRS. (b) Historically underserved community means: (1) A census tract: (I) Designated as a qualified census tract by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 42(d)(5)(B)(ii); or (II) In which, in the immediately preceding census, at least 20 percent of households were not proficient in the English language; (2) A public school in this State: (I) In which 75 percent or more of the enrolled pupils in the school are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.; or (II) That participates in universal meal service in high poverty areas pursuant to Section 104 of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, Public Law 111-296; or (3) Qualified tribal land, as defined in NRS 370.0325 . (c) Provider of health care has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031 .
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