Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 25 - Rural Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-25.3 - Eligibility Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) The commission will annually determine
			 and communicate the number of physician assistant and advanced registered nurse
			 practitioner recommendations that can be funded at each eligible university.
			 The intent of this determination will be to ensure that an equal number of
			 students in each program at eligible universities are able to enter into an
			 agreement. Priority will be given to applicants who are Iowa residents upon
			 enrolling in the eligible university. "Iowa resident" means an individual who
			 meets the residency requirements established in 283-Chapter 10. If fewer than
			 the maximum number of physician assistants or advanced registered nurse
			 practitioners are recommended at an eligible university, the commission may
			 obtain additional recommendations from the other eligible universities to award
			 the remaining agreements.
(2) An
			 applicant must enter into an agreement with the commission during the
			 applicant's final year of study leading to eligibility for licensure as an
			 advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
(3) An applicant must be enrolled on a
			 full-time basis and graduate from an eligible university with a graduate-level
			 credential that qualifies the applicant to work as a physician assistant or
			 advanced registered nurse practitioner. The commission may waive the full-time
			 enrollment requirement for a temporary time frame only in the instance of a
			 leave of absence approved by an eligible university. The applicant must request
			 a waiver from the commission in writing.
(4) Within nine months of graduating from an
			 eligible university, an applicant must receive a permanent license to practice
			 nursing or to work as a physician assistant in the state of Iowa and engage in
			 full-time practice, as defined by the service commitment area, as an advanced
			 registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant for a period of five
			 consecutive years in a service commitment area.
(5) An applicant must annually complete and
			 return to the commission an affidavit of completion of the employment
			 obligation in a service commitment area.
(6) Prior to or upon engagement in full-time
			 employment in a service commitment area, the advanced registered nurse
			 practitioner or physician assistant must contract with the service commitment
			 area to provide a nonrefundable $2,000 contribution for deposit in the rural
			 Iowa advanced registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant trust fund.
			 Payment must be received by the commission from the service commitment area
			 prior to payment of any loan repayment awards to the advanced registered nurse
			 practitioner or physician assistant.
(7) Failure by the applicant to meet all
			 eligibility requirements under these rules and in the agreement will result in
			 forfeiture of all remaining unpaid payments.