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SC Code § 59-111-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-510. Medical and Dental Loan Fund.

 The Department of Health and Environmental Control, hereinafter referred to as "the Department", shall aid, assist, promote, and administer a fund to be known as "The South Carolina Medical and Dental Loan Fund" with sums as may be appropriated by the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-371; 1974 (58) 1983; 1985 Act No. 186, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-111-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-520. Consideration of applications and granting of loans.

 The Department shall receive and consider all applications for loans made by students who have been legal residents of South Carolina for a period of at least one year immediately preceding their application who desire to become physicians or dentists and who are acceptable for enrollment in any accredited medical school or dental school within the United States and which is approved by the Department. The Department shall make a careful and full investigation of the ability, character, financial needs, and qualifications of each applicant to determine his fitness to become the recipient of each loan. The Department may examine each applicant to assist in determining if he is so qualified. The Department shall consider, during the selection process, the intent of the applicant to practice medicine or dentistry in a predominantly rural area. The Department may grant to each applicant, considered by the Department to be qualified to receive the loan, a loan as herein provided for the purpose of acquiring a medical or dental education upon terms and conditions imposed by the Department pursuant to applicable provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-372; 1974 (58) 1983; 1975 (59) 189; 1985 Act No. 186, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-111-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-530. Amounts and conditions of loans or scholarships.

 A loan shall not exceed ten thousand dollars per annum, for not exceeding four years, to defray tuition, living expenses, and other school related expenses. The loan must be based upon the condition that the applicant apply for a license to practice medicine, dentistry, or child psychiatry in South Carolina at the earliest practicable opportunity and that, within six months after the applicant is so licensed to practice, he will engage in the practice of medicine, dentistry, or child psychiatry in a service area within this State which has a ratio of not more than one doctor for each two thousand people or a ratio of not more than one dentist for each six thousand people. However, the practice of child psychiatry is limited only to the Child and Adolescent Unit of the South Carolina State Hospital. The Department shall approve a deferment of the required entry into practice during the time that the applicant is engaged in a residency training program in the field of family practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, child psychiatry, or obstetrics-gynecology. The Department shall annually prepare a list of medical service areas and dental service areas in this State and the ratios of doctors and dentists to the population in each service area, using the population figures of the latest official United States Census and the latest directories of the State Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Dentistry.  All areas of the State must be included in the service areas established by the Department. However, the practice of child psychiatry is not subject to the service area requirement and is limited only to the Child and Adolescent Unit at the South Carolina State Hospital. Medical service areas shall have a minimum population of two thousand and dental service areas shall have a minimum population of six thousand and each area shall have at least one town or municipality, whether or not incorporated, which has a population of at least five hundred. The applicant may choose the service area in which he desires to practice if the service area qualifies at the time the recipient initiates his practice. The recipient is required to practice in an eligible service area for one year for each year in which a loan was received. If the applicant receives a loan for four years he is only required to practice in the service area for three years, at the end of which time the loan is considered paid in full. A recipient may practice for the designated period of time in such other locations or assignments which the Board determines meet a critical state need.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-373; 1974 (58) 1983; 1975 (59) 189; 1978 Act No. 478, Section 1; 1985 Act No. 186, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-111-540 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-540. Loan contracts.

 Before being granted a loan each applicant shall enter into a contract with the Department, which is considered a contract with the State of South Carolina agreeing to the terms and conditions upon which the loan is granted to him. The contract shall include such terms and provisions as shall carry out the purpose and intent of Section 59-111-530. The contract must be signed by the chairman of the Department, countersigned by the executive secretary of the Department, and signed by the applicant.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-374; 1974 (58) 1983; 1985 Act No. 186, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-111-550 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-550. Department authorized to enter and cancel contracts with medical and dental schools for admission of students.

 The Department may make inquiry of the medical or dental schools which are approved for applicants to attend, and make arrangements and enter into contracts with those institutions for the admission of students granted loans by the Department. The Department, upon proper notice, may cancel any contract made with the institutions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-375; 1974 (58) 1983; 1985 Act No. 186, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-111-560 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-560. Penalty for failure to complete contract.

 If the recipient of a loan fails without justifiable cause to practice medicine or dentistry in accordance with the terms of his contract, a penalty for failure to complete the contract must be imposed by the Department which at a minimum shall consist of a demand for the entire amount of the loan or scholarship benefits received plus per annum interest from the date funds were advanced to the recipient at the prevailing prime rate of the largest bank by deposits in South Carolina in effect at the time the funds were advanced plus two percent, and at a maximum shall consist of a demand for three times the entire amount of the loan benefits received, plus interest at a per annum rate equal to the then prevailing prime rate of the largest bank by deposits in South Carolina. The demand as determined by the Department must be mailed to the recipient at his last known address and shall at that time become immediately due and payable. However, where the Department determines that there is justifiable cause for the failure to practice pursuant to the terms of the contract, it may relieve the recipient of the obligation to practice according to the terms of the contract, and shall provide for repayment of the amount received, plus interest at a per annum rate equal to the then prevailing prime rate of the largest bank by deposits in South Carolina on any terms it deems proper.  Upon recommendation and request of the Department the Attorney General shall institute proceedings for the purpose of recovering any amount due the State upon breach of the contract.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-376; 1974 (58) 1983; 1985 Act No. 186, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-111-570 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-570. Deposits and disbursements.

 The funds appropriated for the purposes of this article and all sums received in repayment of loans must be placed in the State Treasury to the credit of The South Carolina Medical and Dental Loan Fund. Loan payments must be paid out of this fund upon a voucher to the State Comptroller General signed by the chairman and the executive secretary of the Department.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-377; 1974 (58) 1983; 1985 Act No. 186, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-111-580 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-580. Rules and regulations.

 The Department may promulgate reasonable regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this article.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-378; 1974 (58) 1983; 1985 Act No. 186, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-111-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-710. "Qualifying institution" or "institution" defined.

 For purposes of this article, "qualifying institution" or "institution" means a state-supported post-secondary educational institution offering a master or doctoral degree program in environmental studies or environmental sciences on July 1, 1994.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 104.
SC Code § 59-111-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-720. Environmental Scholars Endowment Fund created; financing; deposit of fines and penalties.

 (A) There is created the Environmental Scholars Endowment Fund, known as "the fund", which must be separate and distinct from the general fund of the State. The fund must be financed through the collection and deposit of fines and penalty assessments levied by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control pursuant to the State Safe Drinking Water Act, Sections 44-55-10, et seq., the South Carolina Hazardous Waste Management Act, Sections 44-56-10, et seq., low-level radioactive waste fines pursuant to Sections 48-48-10;;;MI;;0000000;, et seq., and the South Carolina Pollution Control Act, Sections 48-1-10, et seq. However, the portion of the Pollution Control Act fines distributed to the counties pursuant to Section 48-1-350 must not be placed into the fund.  (B) The collection and deposit of fines and penalties to the fund pursuant to this section shall continue until such time as the fund reaches four hundred thousand dollars at which time all subsequent fines and penalties must be deposited in the general fund.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 104.
SC Code § 59-111-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-730. "Environmental Scholars Endowment" at qualifying institutions; private match funds.

 (A) After the fund has reached four hundred thousand dollars, each qualifying institution may request the transfer of one hundred thousand dollars for the sole purpose of being held and administered by the institution as the corpus of a perpetual endowment fund known as the "Environmental Scholars Endowment". Only an annual amount no greater than the annual interest income earned from the corpus of the endowment is to be expended for the award of scholarships or fellowships to students pursuing graduate level degrees in environmental studies or environmental sciences. The corpus of the fund must not be invaded by the institution.  (B) A qualifying institution that establishes an Environmental Scholars Endowment must agree to raise one hundred thousand dollars in private match funds before July 1, 1999. If an institution fails to raise the one hundred thousand dollars in private match funds before July 1, 1999, the corpus of the endowment reverts to the fund.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 104.
SC Code § 59-111-740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-740. Award of scholarships and fellowships from Environmental Scholars Endowment; criteria; amounts; preference for residents.

 The criteria, selection process, and amount of awards for scholarships or fellowships from an Environmental Scholars Endowment must be established by each qualifying institution. However, a recipient of a scholarship or fellowship must be currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a master or doctoral degree program in environmental studies or environmental sciences. Each institution also must establish application procedures that ensure equitable minority participation in the selection process. Preference must be given to those applicants who are residents of South Carolina. A recipient of a scholarship or a fellowship must complete a year-long internship in South Carolina arranged by or with the approval of the institution prior to the award of their degree.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 104.
SC Code § 59-111-750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-750. Establishment of Environmental Scholars Endowment by the State Board for Comprehensive and Technical Education.

 After the fund has reached four hundred thousand dollars, the State Board for Comprehensive and Technical Education, known as "the board", also may request the transfer of one hundred thousand dollars from the fund to the board to establish and administer an Environmental Scholars Endowment for the award of scholarships to eligible students currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a technical education degree program in environmental studies or environmental sciences. This article applies to the board in its administration of the endowment except that private match funds are not required. The board shall establish written guidelines for the application, review, and selection process which must be furnished to eligible students through the technical education colleges.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 104.
SC Code § 59-111-760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-760. Annual accounting of funds; reports.

 Each qualifying institution and the board annually shall prepare an independent accounting of all of the funds in its Environmental Scholars Endowment, including a statement of the value of the corpus of the fund, the income derived from the corpus, and the specific uses to which the income has been applied. The reports must be kept on file at the institution and at the board and must be available for inspection upon request.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 104.
SC Code § 59-111-770 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 111 - Scholarships|Section 59-111-770. Final disbursements from fund; dissolution of fund.

 Any funds remaining in the fund July 1, 1999, or any funds which have reverted to the fund pursuant to Section 59-111-730(B), shall be distributed equally among the board if it has established an endowment and each qualifying institution that has established an endowment and raised the required match funds. Funds distributed pursuant to this section must be used only for the purpose of increasing the corpus of the endowment. Upon final disbursement of all funds in accordance with this section, the fund shall be dissolved.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 104.
SC Code § 59-112-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 112 - Determination Of Rates Of Tuition And Fees|Section 59-112-20. South Carolina domicile defined for purposes of rates of tuition and fees.

 South Carolina domicile for tuition and fee purposes shall be established as follows in determinations of rates of tuition and fees to be paid by students entering or attending State Institutions:  (A) Independent persons who reside in and have been domiciled in South Carolina for a period of no less than twelve months with an intention of making a permanent home therein, and their dependents, may be considered eligible for in-state rates.  (B) Independent persons who reside in and have been domiciled in South Carolina for fewer than twelve months but who have full-time employment in the State, and their dependents, may be considered eligible for in-state rates for as long as such independent person is employed on a full-time basis in the State.  (C) Where an independent person meeting the provisions of Section 59-112-20 B above, is living apart from his spouse, or where such person and his spouse are separated or divorced, the spouse and dependents of such independent person shall have domiciliary status for tuition and fee purposes only under the following circumstances:  (1) if the spouse requesting domiciliary status for tuition and fee purposes remains domiciled in South Carolina although living apart or separated from his or her employed spouse;  (2) if the dependent requesting domiciliary status for tuition and fee purposes is under the legal custody or guardianship, as defined in Section 59-112-10 (I) above, of an independent person who is domiciled in this State; or if such dependent is claimed as an income tax exemption by the parent not having legal custody but paying child-support, so long as either parent remains domiciled in South Carolina.  (D) The residence and domicile of a dependent minor shall be presumed to be that of the parent of such dependent minor.  (E) Independent persons who reside in and are domiciled in Chatham-Effingham and Bryan County Georgia, and their dependents, may be considered eligible for in-state rates for as long as the Georgia Board of Regents offers its Georgia Tuition Program by which it grants in-state tuition to students residing in the Beaufort and Jasper county area.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 466, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 1F, eff July 1, 2009.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment added E, effective July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 59-112-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 112 - Determination Of Rates Of Tuition And Fees|Section 59-112-30. Effect of change of residency.

 When the domicile of a student or of the person upon whom a student is financially dependent changes after enrollment at a State Institution, tuition charges shall be adjusted as follows:  (A) Except as provided in Section 59-112-20(B) above, when domicile is taken in South Carolina, a student shall not become eligible for in-state rates until the beginning of the next academic session after expiration of twelve months from date of domicile in this State.  (B) When South Carolina domicile is lost, eligibility for in-state rates shall end on the last day of the academic session in which the loss occurs; however, application of this subsection shall be at the discretion of the institution involved.  (C) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, any dependent person who has been domiciled with his family in South Carolina for a period of not less than three years immediately prior to his enrollment may enroll in a state-supported institution of higher learning at the in-state rate and may continue to be enrolled at such rate even if the parent, spouse or guardian upon whom he is dependent moves his domicile from this State.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 466, Section 3; 1979 Act No. 130, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-112-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 112 - Determination Of Rates Of Tuition And Fees|Section 59-112-40. Effect of marriage.

 Except as provided in Section 59-112-20 above, marriage shall effect determinations of domicile for tuition and fee purposes only insofar as it operates to evince an intention by the parties to make a permanent home in South Carolina.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 466, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-112-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 112 - Determination Of Rates Of Tuition And Fees|Section 59-112-60. Faculty, administrative employees and dependents; eligibility to attend classes and receive tuition assistance.

 (A) Except as provided in this section, full-time faculty and administrative employees of State Institutions and their spouses and children are excluded from the provisions of this chapter.  (B) Employees of public colleges, universities, and technical colleges may attend classes at an institution of higher learning and receive tuition assistance in accordance with State Fiscal Accountability Authority guidelines and regulations.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 466, Section 6; 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part II.G.
SC Code § 59-112-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 112 - Determination Of Rates Of Tuition And Fees|Section 59-112-70. Abatement of rates for nonresidents on scholarship. waiver for students participating in international Sister-State agreement or student exchange programs.

 (A) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the governing boards listed in Section 59-112-10(A), are authorized to adopt policies for the abatement of any part or all of the out-of-state rates for students who are recipients of scholarship aid.  (B) State-supported colleges and universities, including the technical colleges, may waive the nonresident portion of tuition and fees for those students who are participating in an international Sister-State agreement program which the Governor and the General Assembly have entered to promote the economic development of South Carolina. The nonresident fee waiver for the students is applicable only for those Sister-State agreements where South Carolina students receive reciprocal consideration. The Commission on Higher Education, through coordination with the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, will annually notify institutions of the Sister-State agreements eligible for the nonresident fee waiver. The credit hours generated by these students must be included in the Mission Resource Requirement for funding.  (C) State-supported colleges and universities that have an established and ongoing relationship in one or more degree programs with an international institution, the terms of which have been formally approved by the institution's board of trustees, and a relationship that includes regular arrangements for the enrollment of qualified students and the exchange of faculty between the institutions, although not necessarily in equal exchange numbers, may waive the nonresident portion of tuition and fees for nonresident students enrolled in the program.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 466, Section 7; 2002 Act No. 356, Section 1, Part II.F; 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 1.E.1, eff July 1, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  The 2008 amendment added subsection (C) relating to foreign student exchange programs.
SC Code § 59-112-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 112 - Determination Of Rates Of Tuition And Fees|Section 59-112-80. Administration of chapter; burden of proving eligibility on students.

 Each State Institution shall designate an official to administer the provisions of this chapter. Students making application to pay tuition and fees at in-state rates shall have the burden of proving to the satisfaction of the aforesaid officials of State Institutions that they have fulfilled the requirements of this chapter before they shall be permitted to pay tuition and fees at such rate.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 466, Section 8.