Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 6A-20.050 - Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program
(1) Initial Application. To qualify for
enrollment into the Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program, the applicant
must be a certified nurse performing nursing duties full-time at an eligible
facility cited in Section
1009.66(1),
F.S.
(2) For a nurse employed by
more than one eligible facility, the determination of full-time status is based
on the combination of all qualifying employment that exceeds an average of
thirty-five (35) hours weekly.
(3)
The applicant must submit a Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program
Application Package (http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06159)
consisting of: a completed Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program (NSFLP)
Initial Application, Form NSLF-1 (effective January 2016); a completed Nursing
Student Loan Forgiveness Program (NSLFP) Employment Verification, Form NSLF-2
(effective January 2016); a completed Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program
(NSLFP) Loan Principal Certification, Form NSLF-3 (effective January 2016); a
photocopy of the applicant's current nursing license; and a photocopy of the
applicant's nursing school diploma. The Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness
Program Application Package is incorporated by reference and available from the
Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1314, Tallahassee,
Florida 32399-0400 and
http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/FFELP/Nursing_Loan_Forgiveness/NursingLoanForgiveness.html.
(4) The entire application package, including
a photocopy of the applicant's current nursing license and a photocopy of the
applicant's nursing school diploma, must be received by the deadline date for
each quarterly enrollment. Deadline dates are: December 1 for January 1
enrollment; March 1 for April 1 enrollment; June 1 for July 1 enrollment; and
September 1 for October 1 enrollment. Applications received after the deadline
date will not be processed. Applicants who meet eligibility requirements in the
future may reapply for participation in the program.
(5) Renewal Application. In order to continue
in the Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program, program participants must
renew annually. The Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program Renewal Packet
(http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06160),
consisting of the Nursing Student Loan Forgiveness Program Participant Renewal
and Payment Form, Form NSLF-4 (effective January 2016), and Nursing Student
Loan Forgiveness Program Renewal Loan Principal Certification (renewal), Form
NSLF-5 (effective January 2016), are incorporated by reference and available
from the Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1314,
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400 and
http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/FFELP/Nursing_Loan_Forgiveness/NursingLoanForgiveness.html.
The Participant Renewal and Payment Form, Form NSLF-4, and Loan Principal
Certification, Form NSLF-5, will be mailed annually to program participants, by
the Department, approximately thirty (30) days prior to the participant's
anniversary date of initial enrollment.
(6) The Participant Renewal and Payment Form,
Form NSLF-4, and Loan Principal Certification, Form NSLF-5, must be received
annually by the Department by the deadline date, which is based on the
participant's initial enrollment date. Deadline dates are: January 31, April
30, July 31 and October 31.
(7)
Payment. The Department will provide for the delivery of funds directly to the
program participant's loan holder, on behalf of the program participant, by use
of the Loan Principal Certification, Form NSLF-5, requesting the State
Comptroller to issue warrants made payable to the program participant's loan
holder for any of the participant's education loans that are not in
default.
(8) Program participants
must maintain the payment schedule agreed upon with their loan holder while
enrolled in the program.
(9) Match
Site Facilities Payment. Match site facilities are Florida licensed hospitals,
birth centers and nursing homes cited in Section
1009.66(7),
F.S., that employ program participants. They must match funds awarded from the
program on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
(10) Match site facilities must annually pay
fifty percent of the amount to be forwarded to the program participant's loan
holder. The maximum amount a match site facility is required to pay is $2, 000
per year, per program participant.
(11) The Department will notify the match
site facility of the amount due, as the match portion of the annual payment,
for each program participant employed at that facility, within thirty (30) days
of the renewal application deadline.
(12) Matching funds payments must be received
by the Department no later than thirty (30) days after notification by the
Department.
(13) The Department
will not authorize a payment to a program participant's loan holder until the
matching funds payment is received by the Department.
(14) Program participants whose eligible
facility does not provide the matching funds payment will not have a payment
forwarded to their loan holder and can not renew participation in the program,
and the program participant's agreement will be terminated. Terminated program
participants who meet eligibility requirements in the future may reapply for
participation in the program.
(15)
Affected program participants will be notified by the Department of their
program status.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 1009.66 FS. Law Implemented 1009.66 FS.
New 3-10-02, Amended 1-7-03, Formerly 64E-23.001, Amended 1-7-16.
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