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Applicants must:
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have a medical degree (Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy) and completed residency training;
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be a primary care physician (that is, general internal medicine, family medicine, general pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, or general psychiatry);
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have a valid unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Maryland at the time the service obligation begins;
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be a citizen of the United States or be a U.S. National;
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be employed full-time (at least 40 hours per week) at an eligible practice site;
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have not breached an obligation for service to a federal, state, or local governmental entity or another obligation for service even if the obligation was ultimately fulfilled;
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have no judgment lien against your property for a debt to the United States;
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not be excluded, debarred, suspended, or disqualified by a Federal agency;
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have no unserved obligations for service to a federal, state, local government, or other entity, with the exception of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Primary Care Loans, Exceptional Financial Need Scholarships, and Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions Students;
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have no existing service obligation with any other loan repayment program;
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have outstanding higher education loan debt and NOT be in default on any eligible higher education loan;
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have no debts written off as uncollectible;
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have no service or payment obligation waived;
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have never violated court-ordered child support or been delinquent in child support payments; and practice at an eligible practice site
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