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Practice Areas: Family Practice, General Practice, General Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, or General Psychiatry (“medical practice”)
Specialists: Yes; any specialist may apply
Application Review: Rolling monthly reviews
Notes: The physician must spend 32 of every 40 hours per week in direct patient care. A break in service exceeding 60 days will result in an extension of the service obligation equal to the amount of time of the break in service. If the physician is absent from medical practice more than 180 consecutive days, the physician must submit to the PCO a verification of status statement. This information is detailed in the J-1 Visa Waiver Policy, which can be found on the web site http://phpa.dhmh.maryland.gov/opca/pages/pco-mdj1visaforms.aspx
Contact: Temi Oshiyoye
Director, State Office of Rural Health
Workforce Coordinator
Prevention and Health Promotion Administration
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
201 West Preston Street
Baltimore, MD. 21201
Phone: (410) 767-4467
E-mail: temi.oshiyoye@maryland.gov
Website: www.pophealth.health.maryland.gov/Pages/J-1-Visa-Waiver-Program.aspx |
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