Sec. 487.255.  STIPENDS.  (a)  The department shall award stipends to physicians for one-year periods.  A stipend awarded under this subchapter may not exceed $15,000 each year.
(b)  The department may renew a stipend used to assist a particular physician.
(c)  A physician is not eligible for a stipend under this subchapter for a period longer than is ordinarily and customarily required for the completion of residency training for first board eligibility.
(d)  A physician who receives a stipend under this subchapter is not eligible to receive assistance under a state educational loan repayment program or other state incentive program.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 51, eff. September 1, 2009.