# Idaho Code § 39-6102: 39-6102 PURPOSE

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6102

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 39-6102
- **Heading:** 39-6102 PURPOSE
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 39 / Chapter 61 / Section 39-6102

## Text

39-6102. Purpose. Under this chapter, rural and underserved communities in Idaho would be able to apply for the placement of a foreign trained physician after demonstrating that they are unable to recruit an American physician and all other recruitment/placement possibilities have proven to be inaccessible.

(1) The "Idaho Conrad J-1 Visa Waiver Program" authorizes the Idaho department of health and welfare to recommend up to thirty (30) foreign trained physicians per federal fiscal year to locate in communities that are federally designated as having a health workforce shortage. Recommendations may be for pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, psychiatry, general surgery, or physician specialists. Applications for specialists must demonstrate a need for the type of specialty held by the petitioning physician. Final approval of J-1 visa waiver requests are made by the United States bureau of citizenship and immigration services.

(2) Provided health care organizations located in federally designated shortage areas do not utilize the full annual allocation of J-1 visa waivers, the department may accept waiver applications six (6) months after the beginning of each federal fiscal year for petitioning J-1 visa waiver physicians to work in areas without a federal shortage area designation. The practice and petitioning physician must serve patients who reside in federally designated areas of underservice.

(3) The "National Interest Waiver Program" allows the Idaho department of health and welfare to testify that it is in the public's interest that a waiver be granted to a foreign trained physician who commits to locating in a community that is federally determined as having a health workforce shortage. Final approval of the national interest waiver request is made by the United States bureau of citizenship and immigration services.

History:

[39-6102, added 2004, ch. 128, sec. 1, p. 437; am. 2009, ch. 106, sec. 3, p. 326; am. 2017, ch. 72, sec. 1, p. 171; am. 2023, ch. 31, sec. 1, p. 150.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 39-6101 39-6101 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6101.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6102 39-6102 PURPOSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6102.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6103 39-6103 SEVERABILITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6103.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6104 39-6104 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6104.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6105 39-6105 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6105.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6106 39-6106 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6106.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6107 39-6107 APPLIED PRINCIPLES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6107.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6108 39-6108 CRITERIA FOR APPLICANTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6108.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6109 39-6109 CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS FOR J-1 VISA WAIVERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6109.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6109A 39-6109A CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6109A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6110 39-6110 CRITERIA FOR PROPOSED PRACTICE LOCATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6110.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6111 39-6111 CRITERIA FOR THE J-1 PETITIONING PHYSICIAN.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6111.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6111A 39-6111A FLEX WAIVERS FOR J-1 PETITIONING PHYSICIANS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6111A.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-6111B 39-6111B CRITERIA FOR THE NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER PETITIONING PHYSICIAN.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C61_S39-6111B.md)

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