Delta Doctors New Clarification Notes

Calendar of Events

9/9/2008 - 9/11/2008
Meeting of the Delta Leadership Institute
Paul W. Bryant Conference Center at 320 Paul W. Bryant Drive on the campus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
10/28/2008 - 10/30/2008
Meeting of the Delta Leadership Institute
Hotel Monteleone at 214 Rue Royale in the French Quarter of New Orleans
1/13/2009 - 1/15/2009
Meeting of the Delta Leadership Institute
Memphis Marriott Downtown at 250 N. Main St. in Memphis
4/14/2009 - 4/16/2009
Meeting of the Delta Leadership Institute
Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel at 7730 Bonhomme Ave. in St. Louis

As of May 15, 2006, the following new clarification notes have been implemented to the "Delta Doctors" program:

The DRA internal checklist, located on www.dra.gov should be completed and included in the J-1 visa waiver application to the Authority. If documentation required in the checklist is omitted or does not meet the "Delta Doctors" Program Guidelines, the application will be mailed back to the attorney and will be placed in the back of the current applications that are in the DRA queue for review.
A picture of each physician should be emailed to ataylor@dra.gov before the DRA will recommend the J-1 application to the Department of State.
It is the health facility's responsibility to submit the DRA Physician Employment Verification Form to the DRA. This form, located on www.dra.gov is not to be submitted with the waiver application, but is to be completed and mailed to the DRA within the physician's first week of practice.
The DRA will not accept recommendation and/or support letters for inclusion of the J-1 application once the application has been submitted to the DRA.

Please mail applications, compliance forms, physician employment verification forms, etc,:

Delta Doctors Program
Delta Regional Authority
236 Sharkey Ave, Suite 400
Clarksdale, MS 38614

Any questions or comments about the program, please contact Amanda Taylor at 662-624-8600 x 26 or ataylor@dra.gov.