Utah Admin. Code R434-40-7 - Scholarship Grant Administration
(1)
(a) The Department may award scholarship
grant funds to an applicant for a maximum of four years or until earning the
nursing postgraduate degree.
(b)
The Department may consider committee recommendations in awarding scholarship
grants.
(2) The
Department may pay tuition and fees directly to the school and determine the
amount and frequency of direct payments to the student.
(3) The scholarship grant recipient may not
enter into a scholarship agreement other than with the program established in
Section 26B-4-702 until the service
obligation agreed upon in the grant agreement with the Department is
satisfied.
(4) A scholarship grant
recipient shall work full-time, as defined by the scholarship grant recipient's
employer and as specified in the grant agreement with the Department.
(5) A scholarship grant recipient shall serve
one year of service obligation for each year the recipient received a
scholarship grant under this program, with a minimum of three years
required.
(6) The Department may
cancel a scholarship grant at any time if it finds that the scholarship grant
recipient has voluntarily or involuntarily terminated the recipient's
schooling, postgraduate training, or if it appears to be a reasonable certainty
that the scholarship grant recipient does not intend to practice as required by
statute, rules, and grant agreement in an underserved area in the
state.
(7) Upon completion of
schooling and required postgraduate training, the scholarship grant recipient
is responsible for finding employment at an approved site.
(8) A scholarship grant recipient shall
obtain approval from the Department before beginning service obligation at an
approved site.
(9) A scholarship
grant recipient shall obtain approval from the Department before changing the
approved site where the recipient fulfills the service obligation.
(10) A scholarship grant recipient shall
obtain an unrestricted license to practice in the state and begin practicing
for the agreed upon period at an approved site within three months of
completion of postgraduate training.
(11) If there is no available approved site
upon a scholarship grant recipient's graduation, the recipient shall repay the
scholarship grant amount as negotiated in the scholarship grant
agreement.
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