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Veterinarians urge continuation of loan-repayment program to attract rural vets
Summary
Dr. Erica Schumacher, director for the North Dakota Veterinary Medical Association and a Dickinson mixed‑animal veterinarian, told the House Appropriations Human Resources Division that the Veterinary Medical Loan Repayment Program helps recruit and retain veterinarians in rural communities and asked the legislature to continue funding the program included in HB 1012.
Dr. Erica Schumacher and representatives of the North Dakota Veterinary Medical Association asked the House Appropriations Human Resources Division to continue funding the Veterinary Medical Loan Repayment Program included in House Bill 1012.
Schumacher, a mixed-animal veterinarian who practices in Dickinson, told the committee the program—authorized in statute as chapter 43‑29.1 and funded through the Community Health Trust Fund—helps recruit veterinarians to rural areas that lack a state…
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