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AR Code § 6-81-1803 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1803. Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board

 (a)  (1) There is established the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board composed of:  (A) One (1) representative of each medical school in Arkansas that is not the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences;  (B) One (1) representative of the Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association, who shall serve as vice chair;  (C) Two (2) physician members appointed by the Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association, giving preference to physicians who have received osteopathic rural medical practice loans, community match loans, or income incentives; and  (D) Two (2) representatives appointed by the Arkansas Hospital Association, Inc.    (2) Members of the board shall:  (A) Serve a term of three (3) years; and  (B) Not serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.    (3) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, members of the board shall serve without compensation.  (4) Vacancies shall be filled in a similar manner as provided under subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section.    (b) The board shall:  (1) Promulgate reasonable rules necessary to execute the provisions of this subchapter, including without limitation rules addressing the requirements and in conformance with the requirements of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., and other appropriate state laws in promulgating and placing rules into effect:  (A) For a health professions shortage area;  (B) To become a qualified rural community eligible to participate in the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program under this subchapter; and  (C) For a procedure to resolve disputes arising out of or relating to a rural practice or community match loan or income incentive contract;    (2) Prescribe forms for and regulate the submission of loan applications;  (3) Determine eligibility of applicants;  (4) Allow or disallow loan or income incentive applications;  (5) Contract, increase, decrease, terminate, and otherwise regulate all loan and income incentive disbursements for these purposes, receipts for their repayment, and convert loans to scholarships or grants, as applicable;  (6) Manage, operate, and control all funds and property appropriated or otherwise contributed for this purpose;  (7) Accept gifts, grants, bequests, or devises and apply them as a part of the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program;  (8) Sue and be sued as the board; and  (9) Accept moneys from federal programs that may be used for furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter.    (c) The members of the board may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.  (d) The board shall administer the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program and the Community Match Rural Physician Recruitment Program.
AR Code § 6-81-1804 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1804. Loan applications — Medical students and medical school graduates

 (a) An individual may apply for a loan under this subchapter on forms prescribed by the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board if the individual is:  (1) Accepted for admission to or enrolled in good standing in a medical school in Arkansas in studies that lead to the degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; and  (2) A bona fide resident of Arkansas.    (b) A graduate of an accredited osteopathic medical school in the United States may apply for the community match income incentive program under this subchapter on forms prescribed by the board so long as the applicant satisfies the criteria set forth in § 6-81-1814.
AR Code § 6-81-1805 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1805. Medical students — Investigation after application

 When an osteopathic rural medical practice loan application is filed with the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, the board shall examine the application, investigate the ability, character, and qualifications of the applicant, and investigate the financial standing of the applicant or his or her parents to determine whether the applicant is in need of a loan to advance his or her medical education.
AR Code § 6-81-1806 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1806. Medical students — Purpose of loan

 Osteopathic rural medical practice loans provided for in this subchapter shall be made for the sole purpose of paying the applicant's tuition, maintenance, and educational expenses and the necessary living expenses of his or her dependents while the applicant is enrolled in a program of medical education as described in this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-81-1807 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1807. Medical students — Eligibility for initial and renewal loans

 (a) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board may make osteopathic rural medical practice loans to the applicant, each osteopathic rural medical practice loan being expressly made subject to the provisions of § 6-81-1809(c) and § 6-81-1810, if the board finds that:  (1) The applicant is a bona fide resident of Arkansas;  (2) The applicant has been accepted for admission to or is enrolled in good standing in studies that lead to the degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine;  (3) The applicant is enrolled in a medically underserved and rural practice curriculum;  (4) The applicant needs financial assistance to complete his or her medical studies;  (5) The applicant desires to practice medicine in an eligible qualified rural community; and  (6) The applicant is a person of good moral character and one who has the talent and capacity to profit by medical studies.    (b) Subject to the availability of funds, an initial osteopathic rural medical practice loan for one (1) academic year shall be renewable annually for the number of years required to complete studies leading to the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree or for additional amounts, not to exceed the maximum amounts specified in § 6-81-1808, but all subsequent osteopathic rural medical practice loans shall be granted only upon application by the recipient and a finding by the board that:  (1) The applicant has completed successfully the medical studies of the preceding academic year and remains in good standing as an enrolled student in the college;  (2) The applicant is enrolled or participating in a medically underserved and rural practice curriculum;  (3) The applicant continues to be a resident of Arkansas; and  (4) The applicant's financial situation continues to warrant financial assistance made under the conditions of this section.
AR Code § 6-81-1808 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1808. Maximum amount of loans

 (a) The maximum amount of each osteopathic rural medical practice loan for osteopathic medical students shall not exceed sixteen thousand five hundred dollars ($16,500) per academic year or those costs that are reasonable and necessary for the student's attendance as determined by the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board.  (b)  (1) The maximum amount of each community match income incentive shall not exceed eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) or as the board otherwise shall determine payable under § 6-81-1816.  (2) The board shall provide fifty percent (50%) of the community match income incentive, and the qualified rural community shall provide the other fifty percent (50%) of the income incentive.  (3) However, if the board does not have sufficient funds to match the community's portion of the income incentive, nothing precludes a qualified rural community from providing the total income incentive amount.
AR Code § 6-81-1810 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1810. Funding of loans

 (a)  (1) All payments for osteopathic rural practice loans and community match loans under this subchapter shall be made on requisitions signed by the Chair of the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board drawn against the funds held for the purpose of this subchapter.  (2) These funds, consisting of state appropriations so designated, revolving amounts received from repayment of loans and interest, and all funds and property and income received by the board under its authority to accept and apply gifts, bequests, and devises shall be held in trust and disbursed by the fiscal officers of a medical school in Arkansas that is not the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences for the aforesaid purposes.    (b) Funds collected as a result of a recipient's breach of an osteopathic rural practice loan contract or community match loan contract shall be:  (1) Held in trust for the use of the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program and the Community Match Rural Physician Recruitment Program, or as otherwise deemed appropriate by the board in its discretion; and  (2) Disbursed by the fiscal officer of an osteopathic medical school in Arkansas under this subchapter.
AR Code § 6-81-1811 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1811. Annual report

 (a) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall make an annual report to the Governor concerning the activities of the board and shall file a copy of its report with the Legislative Council.  (b)  (1) The report under subsection (a) of this section shall include:  (A) The names of the recipients of the loans;  (B) The amount of each loan;  (C) An accounting of the funds granted, on hand, and expended for necessary expenses;  (D) The total amount of funds received during the year from gifts, federal grants, bequests, and devises; and  (E) The amount of loans which, during the year, become scholarships through compliance with the conditions of the loan contracts.    (2) This report shall include the names and addresses, and amount of loans to each person, of those recipients who are in default of repayment obligations.
AR Code § 6-81-1812 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1812. Dispute resolution — Determination of breach

 (a) Any applicant for a loan or income incentive issued by the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, any person who has been granted a loan or has been granted income incentives by the board, or any party to an osteopathic rural medical practice or community match loan or income incentive may appeal any decision or action by the board relating to the application for a loan or income incentive or relating to a loan or income incentive granted by the board under the dispute resolution procedure established under this subchapter.  (b)  (1) The board, under § 6-81-1803(b)(1), shall promulgate rules establishing a procedure that may be used by a loan or income incentive recipient, the board, or a qualified rural community to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to an osteopathic rural medical practice or community match loan or income incentive contract, including the validity or interpretation of a contract term, contract enforcement or defenses, the occurrence of an event of default or breach, loan repayment, the assessment or imposition of contract damages or civil money penalties, or other related disputes.  (2) The rules may provide for alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation, as appropriate.  (3) The dispute resolution procedure established by the board shall be followed before the initiation of any litigation related to an osteopathic rural medical practice or community match loan or income incentive contract.    (c) This subchapter does not prohibit informal disposition by stipulation, settlement, or consent.
AR Code § 6-81-1813 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1813. Medical school graduates — Community match contract — Eligibility

 (a)  (1) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall administer the Community Match Rural Physician Recruitment Program.  (2)  (A) Interested rural communities may apply to the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board to participate in the program as a qualified rural community.  (B) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board shall approve a designated representative or representatives of the qualified rural community to assist the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board in matters relating to any community match contracts entered into by the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board and the qualified rural community.      (b) The Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board, in conjunction with a qualified rural community, may grant community match income incentives to applicants, each incentive being expressly made subject to § 6-81-1814, if it finds that:  (1) The applicant is a graduate of:  (A) An accredited osteopathic medical school in the United States; or  (B) A foreign medical school if the applicant:  (i) Was a resident of Arkansas and citizen of the United States prior to enrollment in the foreign medical school; and  (ii) Has been licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board;      (2) The applicant satisfies one (1) of the following criteria:  (A) He or she is enrolled in a residency or other training program in an area of primary care medicine; or  (B) No more than two (2) years before the date of the application, he or she completed a residency or other training program in an area of primary care medicine;    (3) The applicant desires to practice medicine in the qualified rural community; and  (4) The designated representative or representatives of the qualified rural community approve the applicant.
AR Code § 6-81-1815 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1815. Medical school alternates — Rural medical practice loans

 (a) If an alternate on the waiting list for acceptance to an osteopathic medical school in Arkansas demonstrates a willingness to enter into an osteopathic rural medical practice loan contract and meets the requirements of § 6-81-1807, the applicant shall be moved to the top of the waiting list upon entering into an osteopathic rural medical practice student loan contract.  (b) The priority on the waiting list for an alternate who enters into an osteopathic rural medical practice student loan contract shall be determined by the date and time such an alternate enters into the rural medical practice student loan contract.
AR Code § 6-81-1816 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1816. Tracking loan contract compliance

 An osteopathic medical school in Arkansas shall:   (1) Track graduates who were recipients of osteopathic rural medical practice loans under this subchapter for the length of their contractual obligations; and  (2) Report to the Legislative Council by October 1 of each even-numbered year regarding the compliance of those graduates with the terms of their contracts.
AR Code § 6-81-1817 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 81 - Student Loans|Subchapter 18 - Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program|§ 6-81-1817. Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program Administrator

 (a) There is established an Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Program Administrator.  (b) The administrator shall:  (1) Be employed by the Division of Higher Education;  (2) Serve as liaison between osteopathic rural medical practice student loan recipients and rural communities by:  (A) Working with the communities to identify their unique needs, to develop profiles of their ideal candidates, and to prepare for recruitment visits; and  (B) Assisting medical students and residents to identify medically underserved and other rural communities that suit their personal and medical practice needs and to meet their contractual obligations;    (3) Collect and monitor program data, including demographic data of participants and communities, service completion rates, retention rates beyond service completion, satisfaction of obligated physicians and communities, and other information;  (4) Prepare annual program evaluations and present the evaluations to the Osteopathic Rural Medical Practice Student Loan and Scholarship Board;  (5) Assist with preparation and submission of program reports;  (6) Attend board meetings in a nonvoting capacity; and  (7) Perform other functions assigned by the board.
AR Code § 6-82-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-82-102. Annual review of minority scholarship or grant program

 (a) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall review annually all minority scholarship or grant programs administered by the Division of Higher Education in order to ensure that the programs are in compliance with federal regulations.  (b) The board of trustees of each publicly supported institution of higher education shall review annually all minority scholarship or grant programs administered by the institution in order to ensure that the programs are in compliance with federal regulations.
AR Code § 6-82-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-82-103. Out-of-state tuition

 (a) The board of trustees of any institution of higher education may waive the out-of-state portion of any full tuition scholarship for any full-time student which is provided by unrestricted funds of the institution.  (b) The part that is waived shall not be considered as an expenditure by any rule of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
AR Code § 6-82-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-82-105. Administration — Authority of Division of Higher Education

 The Division of Higher Education shall administer all state college financial assistance programs provided by legislation or by law and in so doing shall have the following authority and responsibility with respect to state college financial assistance programs provided by legislation or by law to:   (1) Adopt such rules as the division shall deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subchapter;  (2) Establish and consult, as necessary, an advisory committee representing the private and public sectors of postsecondary education in determining guidelines and rules for administration of the student financial aid programs, including, but not limited to, rules determining academic ability, financial need, and residency;  (3) Prepare application forms, parents' confidential financial statement forms, or any other forms as necessary to properly administer and carry out the purposes of this subchapter and to furnish the forms to persons desiring to make application for state financial aid;  (4) Consider all applications for state scholarships;  (5) Determine a termination date for the acceptance of applications;  (6) Require applicants to file additional information with the division as necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subchapter and to prevent fraud, misrepresentation, or misleading representation by applicants;  (7) Determine the necessary procedures for the awarding of grants should the number of eligible applicants exceed funds available;  (8) Disburse scholarship grants to qualified students through eligible postsecondary institutions;  (9) Approve or determine the eligibility of any state-supported institution of higher education to participate in or receive disbursements of financial aid on behalf of students awarded any state financial assistance provided by legislation or by law;  (10) Cooperate with and receive the cooperation of the approved private and public institutions of postsecondary education in the state and their governing bodies in the administration of the scholarship program;  (11) Employ or engage such professional, administrative, clerical, and other employees as may be necessary to assist the division in the performance of its duties and responsibilities; and  (12) Provide fair and equitable treatment to all approved institutions and students.
AR Code § 6-82-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-82-106. Scholarship awards

 (a) The Division of Higher Education is authorized to award scholarships to students who are accepted to a Washington, D.C. public policy academic internship, as determined by the division, if funding is appropriated and available.  (b) The division may promulgate rules to administer this section.
AR Code § 6-82-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 6 - Postsecondary Education — Financial Assistance Programs|Chapter 82 - Scholarships|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 6-82-107. Criminal history not a disqualifier

 A criminal conviction shall not be used as a basis to disqualify a person from eligibility for a scholarship, grant, loan forgiveness program, or other benefit subsidized by state funds under this chapter unless there is a specific statutory reason for denial that relates to the basis of assistance.