Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 195-11-.06 - Notification, Acceptance, and Payment Process for Initial Scholarship Awards
(1) The Board staff
shall notify each applicant in writing of the Board's decision within 10
business days following the Board's decision.
(2) Successful applicants will be asked to
accept or decline the award of a scholarship by signing and submitting an
Acceptance Form within 10 business days of receiving notice of the award from
the Board. Said Acceptance Form must be notarized and shall be incorporated as
an addendum to the official contract.
(3) Scholarship awards that are declined
shall be automatically offered to the next applicant on the Board's rank order
list. If no applicant is available on the rank order list, the Board shall
approve unused scholarship funds to be allocated for the Physicians for Rural
Areas Assistance Loan Repayment Program.
(4) If the scholarship award is accepted,
Board staff will contact the applicant's medical school to verify that the
student has enrolled on a full-time basis.
(5) Upon verification of enrollment, Board
staff shall issue a scholarship contract to the scholarship
recipient.
(6) Board staff shall
arrange for all valid and approved contracts to be executed by the Executive
Director and Chairman of the Board. Such documents shall be notarized and the
official seal of the Board affixed.
(7) One of the two fully executed copies of
the scholarship contract shall be returned to the scholarship recipient and one
kept in the permanent records of the Georgia Board for Physician
Workforce.
(8) Board staff shall
submit appropriate paperwork to the Department of Community Health within 10
business days of the execution of the scholarship contract requesting payment
of the scholarship award.
(9) The
Board reserves the right to pay the student's tuition and fees directly to the
medical school in which the recipient is enrolled, with the balance, if any,
being paid directly to the scholarship recipient for books and other
educational expenses.
(10) The
Board staff shall maintain appropriate records necessary to account for the
expenditure of funds for the Scholarship Program.
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