Must the job be in a medically underserved area or at a VA hospital to obtain a clinical interested government agency waiver?
A. No. Under legislation passed in December 2004, each state department of health may use up to 5 of its 30 annual J-1 waiver slots to place physicians in geographic locations which are not medically underserved, provided patients who reside in medically underserved areas will be treated by the physician. The slots are known as the “FLEX 5” slots. Use of these slots is entirely within the discretion of the state department of health and states who do not use their 30 slots are likely to be the most receptive to using the FLEX 5 slots.
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- Must the job be in a medically underserved area or at a VA hospital to obtain a clinical interested government agency waiver?
