Based on our recent annual membership survey, 50% of those who responded indicated they serve as preceptors. Through Maryland’s Preceptor Tax Credit Program, Maryland physicians who serve as preceptors can receive a maximum credit of $10,000 annually. This preceptor tax incentive not only increases access to care in under-served areas, but it also helps strengthen primary care training.
This Program authorizes a credit against the State income tax for individuals who have served as a preceptor in certain preceptorship programs and work in certain areas of the State with a health care workforce shortage.
Preceptorship program means an organized system of clinical experience, that, for the purpose of attaining specified learning objectives, pairs either
The list of eligible Physician programs is generated from the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University while the list of eligible NP programs are generated by the Board of Nursing.
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Sadé Diggs
Maryland Department of Health
201 W. Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-767-6123
Sara Seitz
Maryland Department of Health
201 W. Preston Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-767-6123
For full details, refer to the Maryland Income Tax Credit for Preceptors and the program amendment from the 2021 legislative session.
Download a copy of the PDF of the FAQ document here.