Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person is a location - preferred HELP debtor (health practitioner) in relation to a * course of study if:
(a) the person has completed the course of study; and
(b) the course of study is covered by subsection (2); and
(c) the person incurred a * HECS - HELP debt or a * FEE - HELP debt in relation to the course of study; and
(d) the person holds the registration or accreditation as a kind of health practitioner for the course of study specified by the HELP Debtor Guidelines (Health Practitioners) (the Guidelines ) for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(e) the person carries out work as that kind of health practitioner in the circumstances (if any) specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(f) the work is carried out in an area specified by the Guidelines, by reference to the * ABS Remoteness Structure, as a rural area, a remote area or a very remote area for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(g) the number of hours during which the person carries out work is not less than the minimum number of hours (if any) specified for a health practitioner of that kind by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph; and
(h) the person satisfies any other applicable requirements specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph.
Eligible courses of study
(2) For the purposes of this Division, a * course of study is covered by this subsection if:
(a) it is a * course of study in medicine specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph; or
(b) it is a course of study:
(i) the completion of which would allow a person to be registered as a nurse practitioner within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973 ; and
(ii) that is specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this subparagraph; or
(c) it is a course of study otherwise specified by the Guidelines for the purposes of this paragraph.
HELP Debtor Guidelines (Health Practitioners)
(3) Without limiting subsection 238 - 10(1), the Guidelines may set out:
(a) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out work as a * location - preferred HELP debtor (health practitioner) as a particular kind of health practitioner; or
(b) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to carry out such work in a rural area, a remote area or a very remote area; or
(c) circumstances in which a person is taken, or is taken not, to be a location - preferred HELP debtor (health practitioner) in relation to a * course of study for particular periods.