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South Dakota Department of Health (DOH)
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Contact:
DOH.info@state.sd.us
800.738.2301
600 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501-2536

South Dakota Office of Rural Health
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Contact:
sandra.durick@state.sd.us
605.773.3361
600 E. Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501-2536

Email Bookmark and Share South Dakota Health Professional Recruitment Incentive Program

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Type Incentive
Sponsors South Dakota Department of Health
South Dakota Office of Rural Health
Deadline Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Tagged keywords Dietitians and Nutritionists, Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, Financial Aid, Health Technologists and Technicians, Laboratory Professionals, Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Loan Repayment Programs, Occupational Therapy Occupations, Pharmacists, Physical Therapy Occupations, Radiation Therapists, Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, Registered Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, South Dakota
Description The Health Professional Recruitment Incentive Program is intended to assist in the recruitment of health professionals to South Dakota communities. The program provides $5,000 directly to each health professional who has entered into a contract and completed a two-year service obligation. The individual must provide full-time services at an eligible employing facility in South Dakota.
Amount $5,000 directly to each health professional who has entered into a contract and completed a two-year service obligation.
Geographic Coverage South Dakota
Eligibility Eligible occupations:
  • Dietitian or Nutritionist
  • Nurse (LPN or RN)
  • Occupational therapist
  • Respiratory therapist
  • Laboratory technologist
  • Pharmacist
  • Physical therapist
  • Paramedic
  • Medical technologist
  • Radiologic technologis
Eligible facilities South Dakota licensed:
  • Hospitals
  • Nursing homes
  • Federal certified home health agencies
  • Licensed inpatient chemical dependency facilities
  • Intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded
  • Adjustment training centers
  • Community mental health centers
  • ESRD facilities
  • Community health centers
Contacts Office of Rural Health
600 E Capitol
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 1.800.738.2301 or 605.773.2679

Last updated April 12, 2010