Sec. 9. In order to be eligible for loan repayment for student loans, a health care professional must meet all of the following conditions:
(1) Hold an unlimited license to practice a health care profession in Indiana that has been declared by the state department to be eligible for loan repayment in a specified fiscal year.
(2) Practice in a shortage area in a health care profession that has been declared eligible by the state department for loan repayment in a specified fiscal year.
(3) Either:
(A) enter into an agreement with the state department; or
(B) provide the state department with a copy of an agreement that the health professional has entered into with a provider in a shortage area;
to practice in the shortage area for at least one (1) year.