Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 592 - THE DENTAL STUDENT GRANT CODE › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 592.30 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means the Dental Student Grant Act.
"Arrears" means an overdue amount that has not been
				  paid.
"Award letter" means the letter to the applicant that states
				  that the applicant is being awarded funding.
"Business day" means Monday through Friday. It does not
				  include a federal or State government declared holiday, Saturday or
				  Sunday.
"Calendar day" means all days in a month or prescribed time
				  frame. It includes weekends and federal or State government declared
				  holidays.
"Debarment" means an action by the Department to prevent a
				  grantee from receiving any additional Department grants.
"Dental school" means a school in Illinois that teaches
				  dentistry to prospective dentists.
"Dentist" means a person licensed to practice
				  dentistry under the Illinois Dental Practice Act. For purposes of
the
Act
and this Part
, "dentist" does not include persons
				  licensed as specialists.
(Section 3.05 of the Act)
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
				  Health
. (Section 3.01 of the Act)
"Director" means the Director of
the
				  Department of
Public Health
. (Section 3.02 of the Act)
"Eligible dental student"
means a person who
				  is an applicant for a dental student grant and
who meets all of the
				  following qualifications:
That the individual is a resident of this State and a
				  citizen or lawful permanent resident alien of the United
				  States;
That the individual has been accepted in a dental
				  school located in Illinois;
That the individual exhibits financial need as
				  determined by the Department;
That the individual has earned an educational diploma
				  at an institution of education located in this State or has been a resident of
				  the State for no less than 3 years prior to applying for the
				  grant;
That the individual is a member of a racial minority
				  as defined in
this Section
; and
That the individual meets other qualifications which
				  shall be established by the Department.
(Section 3.06 of the
				  Act)
"Funding period" or Grant Agreement period" means the time
				  during which grant funds are to be expended by grantees.
"Good academic standing" means that a student is
				  matriculating with the rest of his or her class as determined by the student's
				  dental school.
"Grant" means an award of assistance, whether financial or
				  otherwise, by the Department to any eligible person or entity to support a
				  program authorized by law. The term does not include an award the primary
				  purpose of which is to procure an end product for the direct benefit or use of
				  the Department, whether in the form of goods or services.
"Grant Agreement" means the written instrument defining a
				  legal relationship entered into between the Department and a grantee.
"Grant amendment" means a modification to the grant agreement
				  submitted prior to the end of the grant agreement requesting a change to the
				  original grant agreement, including, but not limited to, the grant amount
				  awarded, a change in scope of work, or an extension of the end date of the
				  grant.
"Grant funds"
means
public funds
				  dispensed
by the Department
to any person or entity for
				  obligation, expenditure or use for a specific purpose.
(Section 2(b)
				  of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act)
"Grantee" means the person or entity which may use
				  grant funds
in accordance with a Grant Agreement with the Department.
				  (See Section 2 of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act.)
"Illinois resident" means a person who has been a resident of
				  Illinois for at least three years prior to applying for a dental student grant
				  and is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States. (See
				  Section 3.06(d) of the Act.)
"Lawful permanent resident" means a person who is not a
				  citizen of the United States but who resides in the United States under legally
				  recognized requirements and has lawfully recorded permanent residence as an
				  immigrant.
"Legal residence" means where an individual has his or her
				  permanent home or principal establishment and where, whenever he or she is
				  absent, he or she intends to return.
"Naturalized citizen" means an individual who has acquired
				  citizenship in the United States but was not a citizen at the time of
				  birth.
"Racial minority" means a person who is any of the
				  following:
American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having
				  origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America, including
				  Central America, and who maintains tribal affiliation or community
				  attachment).
Asian (a person having origins in any of the original
				  peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including,
				  but not limited to, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
				  the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam).
Black or African American (a person having origins in
				  any of the black racial groups of Africa).
Hispanic or Latino (a person of Cuban, Mexican,
				  Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin,
				  regardless of race).
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (a person
				  having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other
				  Pacific Islands.
(Section 3.07 of the Act)
"Reasonable educational expenses" means costs for education,
				  including fees, books, supplies, clinical travel, educational equipment,
				  materials, and board, certification or licensing examinations. These costs
				  cannot exceed the estimated standard budget for expenses for the student's
				  dental school and for the years of enrollment.
"Reasonable living expenses" means room and board,
				  transportation and commuting costs. These expenses cannot exceed the estimated
				  standard budget for the student's dental school.
"Suspension" means an action by the Department to suspend a
				  grantee's participation in Department grant programs for a specified period of
				  time.
"United States citizen" means an individual born in the
				  United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin
				  Islands, American Samoa, or Swain's Island; foreign-born children, under age
				  18, residing in the U.S. with their birth or adoptive parents, at least one of
				  whom is a U.S. citizen by birth or naturalization; and individuals granted
				  citizenship status by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and
				  Immigration Service.