Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 10 - Office of the Director › Chapter 6 - Professional and Practical Nursing Student Loans › Section 19 CSR 10-6.010 - Nurse Loan and Nurse Loan Repayment Programs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the requirements for
				  implementing the professional and practical nursing student loan and loan
				  repayment programs.
(1) The
				following definitions shall be used in the interpretation and enforcement of
				this rule:
(A) Academic year for a practical
				nursing program means a calendar year. Academic year for a professional nursing
				program means the period of time from the beginning of the fall semester to the
				final day of the spring semester and may include a summer session;
(B) Advisory panel means the advisory group
				of nurses appointed by the director of the Missouri Department of Health to
				advise the department regarding the rules, funding and guidelines for
				implementing and administration of the nurse loan and nurse loan repayment
				programs;
(C) Application contract
				means the form provided by the Missouri Department of Health for the purpose of
				applying for a nurse loan;
(D) Area
				of defined need means a geographic area or a type of practice specialization
				designated by the Missouri Department of Health as experiencing nursing
				shortages and published annually by rule;
(E) Board means the State Board of
				Nursing;
(F) Department means the
				Missouri Department of Health;
(G)
				Director means the director of the Missouri Department of Health;
(H) Educational loan means the financial
				assistance provided by the department under the authority of the nurse loan
				program; or commercial loans made by banks, credit unions, savings and loan
				associations, insurance companies, schools and other financial institutions for
				nurse education purposes; or loans made by federal, state, county or city
				agencies authorized by law to make loans for nurse education
				purposes;
(I) Eligible applicant
				for the nurse loan repayment program means a current Missouri licensed
				professional nurse who has attained either an associate degree, a diploma, a
				bachelor of science degree or a graduate degree in nursing from an accredited
				institution; or a student nurse in the final full year as a fulltime student in
				a school of nursing leading to a bachelor of science degree or a graduate
				nursing program leading to a master's degree in nursing;
(J) Eligible student means a resident who has
				made application to be a full-time student in a formal course of instruction
				leading to an associate degree, a diploma, a bachelor of science degree, or a
				master of science degree in nursing, or leading to the completion of
				educational requirements for a licensed practical nurse;
(K) Participating school means an institution
				within Missouri which is approved by the board for participation in the nurse
				loan program;
(L) Practical nurse
				means a person licensed under the provisions of sections 335.011-335.096, RSMo
				1986 to engage in the practice of practical nursing;
(M) Professional nurse means a nurse licensed
				under the provisions of sections 335.011-335.096, RSMo 1986 to engage in the
				practice of professional nursing;
(N) Qualified applicant for the nurse loan
				program means a student matriculating in a participating school;
(O) Qualified employment means employment on
				a full- or part-time basis in Missouri in a position requiring a licensed
				practical nurse or registered professional nurse in any public or nonprofit
				agency, institution or organization in an area of defined need;
(P) Reasonable educational costs means
				tuition, books, fees, supplies, equipment and materials required by the program
				of the school in which the financial aid recipient was or is enrolled to obtain
				a professional diploma or degree or practical nurse certification;
(Q) Reasonable living expenses means the cost
				of room, board, transportation and miscellaneous costs based on individual
				program costs as published annually by the department;
(R) Repayment application means the form
				provided by the department for the purpose of applying for participation in the
				nurse loan repayment program; and
(S) Repayment contract means the form signed
				by a professional nurse loan repayment applicant and the director of the
				department or an authorized agent in which the applicant agrees to accept
				responsibility for repayment of educational loans through qualified employment
				or by cash.