Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 6A-20.060 - Nursing Scholarship Program Application
A scholarship award shall be made to an eligible nursing student who submits:
(1) A completed
Nursing Student Scholarship Application, NSI, effective February 2016, (http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06386)
no later than thirty (30) days after enrolling for the first semester or
quarter of nursing school attendance. The Nursing Student Scholarship
Application is incorporated by reference and is available from the Department
of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1314, Tallahassee, Florida
32399-0400.
(2) A signed and dated
Nursing Scholarship Program Agreement, NS2, effective February 2016, (http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-06387)
which is incorporated by reference and available from the Department of
Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1314, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400.
The department must receive the Nursing Scholarship Program Agreement no later
than sixty (60) days after enrollment in the first semester or quarter of
nursing school attendance. The Nursing Scholarship Program Agreement will be
mailed to approved scholarship recipients by the department.
(3) The department shall provide additional
time to enroll in a nursing program, if it finds extraordinary circumstances
prevented a recipient from enrolling in nursing school for the semester or
quarter indicated on the application. Extraordinary circumstances are:
recipient chronic illness, injury or disease, supported by attending
physician's statement; chronic illness, injury, disease or death of a
recipient's immediate family member, supported by attending physician's
statement. Immediate family members of recipient include: spouse, children,
parents, brother, sister.
(4)
Notice of scholarship award and payment: Within ten (10) working days of the
selection of nursing scholars, the department shall inform scholars in writing
of their selection. Within ten (10) working days of the receipt of the notice
of the scholarship award, the scholars must return a notarized affidavit and
grant agreement agreeing to the required period of service in a medically
underserved area.
(5) Upon receipt
of the signed Nursing Scholarship Program Agreement, NS2 and proof of
registration as a full-time student in an approved nursing program, the
department shall submit an invoice for payment of one half of the total annual
award to the scholar.
(6) Payment
of subsequent amounts will require continued proof of full-time enrollment in
the nursing program and proof of continued satisfactory academic standing and
progress.
(7) Payment shall not
exceed $8, 000 for undergraduate and $12, 000 for graduate nursing studies in
any academic year.
(8) Scholarship
recipients must begin the full-time employment service obligation no later than
three (3) months after receiving Florida licensure or certification and no
later than twelve (12) months after graduating from nursing school. Eligible
health care facilities are county-, state- or federally-operated medical or
health care facilities, colleges of nursing in state universities and the
Florida College System institution nursing programs, family practice teaching
hospitals as defined in Section
395.805, F.S., or specialty
children's hospitals as described in Section
409.9119, F.S.
(9) The department shall provide additional
time for repayment if the department determines that circumstances beyond the
control of the recipient caused or contributed to the default. Circumstances
that will be considered beyond the control of the recipient are: recipient
chronic illness, injury or disease, supported by attending physician's
statement; recipient dismemberment or death, supported by attending physician's
statement or certified copy of death certificate; chronic illness, injury
disease or death of a recipient's immediate family member, supported by
attending physician's statement. Immediate family members of recipient include:
spouse, children, parents, brother, sister. In the case of the death of a
recipient, the recipient's surviving family or estate will not be responsible
for the scholarship repayment.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 1009.67(6) FS. Law Implemented 1009.67 FS.
New 3-10-02, Formerly 64E-24.001, Amended 2-9-16.
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