Nurse Practitioner Loan Repayment Program

Loan repayment is made possible by the State of Oklahoma through the Oklahoma Health Care Workforce Training Commission in order to offer the following benefits:

• Assistance to Oklahoma licensed nurse practioners who agree to practice in a communitty located in Oklahoma approved by the Commission. 
• Access to medical care and services to Oklahoma citizens in rural and underserved areas with special emphasis to Medicaid and Medicare recipients. 

Applicant must:

• Must be licensed to practice medicine in Oklahoma.
• Be a licensed nurse practitioner in a primary care practice includes family medicine, geriatrics, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, obstretics/gynecology, emergency medicine or general surgery. 
• Must have legitimate, documented educational loans through an educational loan institution. 
• Not have any service obligation that would conflict with this obligation. 
• Not be currently practicing in a rural Oklahoma community. 

$60,000.00 maximum for three years.
  $10,000 at the end of your first year.
  $20,000 at the end of your second year.
  $30,000 at the end of your third and final year.
This is based on the amount of educational loans to be repaid.

This is a 50% / 50% matching program with the practice community.

Participating nurse practitioner must agree to practice medicine at the contracted medical facility and reside in a rural location. The obligation is year to year.

Non-Qualifying Communities

Due to the rural aspect of the scholarship, communities near Oklahoma City and Tulsa may not qualify for residency location. To qualify as a rural community, the city must be located in Oklahoma and must fall outside of a 30-mile radius of Tulsa and a 35-mile radius of Oklahoma City. Lawton is also excluded due to its significant population and urban infrastructure.