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Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 10 - Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund › Section 540:10-1-1 - Purpose

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall be
				authorized and empowered to grant scholarships to qualified students who are
				bona fide residents of the State of Oklahoma and who would not otherwise have
				funds necessary to finance the cost of a program of study leading to the Degree
				of Doctor of Medicine, or to the Degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, to
				be granted by an accredited and recognized college of medicine or college of
				osteopathic medicine.
[70:625.2]
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 10 - Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund › Section 540:10-1-2 - Statutory administration of fund

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The Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund
				shall be administered by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission under
				the provisions of Section 625.9 of 70. O.S. 1981.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 10 - Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund › Section 540:10-1-3 - Terms and conditions of scholarships

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(a)
The
			 terms and conditions governing the scholarship shall be as prescribed and
			 formulated by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, but shall include
			 the condition that each recipient, upon completion of his course of study,
			 shall repay his scholarship by practicing the recipient's profession in a rural
			 community in Oklahoma having a population of seven thousand five hundred
			 (7,500) persons or less according to the last preceding United States Decennial
			 Census and having a need therefore, as determined by the Commission, for one
			 (1) year for each one (1) year the scholarship is financed; provided, however,
			 that the recipient will be given no credit for payment and reduction of said
			 obligation by serving in the defined rural communities for a period less than
			 two years.
(b)
The
			 terms of this subsection shall apply to recipients who accept assistance before
			 July 1, 1993. The contract shall provide that, in the event the recipient
			 breaches the terms of the contract by not serving the designated community for
			 the specified period of time, he shall pay liquidated damages in an amount
			 agreed upon by the Commission and the recipient and representing a reasonable
			 estimate of the damage or loss to the community or the state. Said damages
			 shall not exceed 100% of the principal. After payment of the liquidated
			 damages, repayment of the principal may be made in cash with interest at the
			 rate of 12% per annum, said interest to accrue from the date each payment is
			 made pursuant to the scholarship. No interest, however, shall accrue during any
			 one period of time that the recipient thereof is required to serve in the Armed
			 Forces of the United States, including any one period of voluntary enlistment
			 or during any period of internship and residency.
(c)
The terms of this subsection
			 shall apply to recipients who accept assistance on or after July 1, 1993. The
			 contract shall provide that, in the event the recipient breaches the terms of
			 the contract by not serving the designated community for the specified period
			 of time, the Commission shall be entitled to recover an amount equal to three
			 times the principal disbursed, pursuant to the contract, plus interest.
			 Interest on all amounts paid to or on behalf of the participant shall be
			 computed at the current prime rate plus one percent (1%) with said interest to
			 accrue from the date each payment is made, pursuant to the contract. The amount
			 the Commission is entitled to recover shall be paid within ninety (90) days of
			 the date the recipient becomes liable as determined by the Commission.
[70:625.3]
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1770,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 10 - Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund › Section 540:10-1-4 - Eligibility; amount; method of payment; renewal

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(a)
An applicant may be eligible for
			 the award of a scholarship upon demonstration that the applicant:
(1)
Desires a scholarship to any
			 accredited school of medicine or school of osteopathic medicine in the United
			 States of America;
(2)
Is a bona fide resident of Oklahoma;
(3)
Has personal financial resources
			 such that, in the absence of scholarship aid, will be unable to pursue the
			 program of study desired;
(4)
Is a person of good moral
			 character;
(5)
Has
			 successfully completed the program of instruction pre-requisite for admission
			 to the program of study provided for in Section 625.1 et seq. of this title and
			 has applied for admission to a medical school;
(6)
Has capacity to profit by the
			 course of study for which the applicant seeks aid;
(7)
Desires to practice medicine in a
			 rural community in Oklahoma, and;
(8)
Submits proof that the applicant
			 has not accepted or will not accept any other scholarship assistance which has
			 a conflicting service obligation requirement.
[70:625.5(s)(1)-(8)]
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 10 - Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund › Section 540:10-1-5 - Procedures for administering scholarships

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The Commission shall promulgate and adopt procedures as may be
				necessary to carry out the administration of the scholarship program. The
				Commission shall delineate the following procedures:
(1)
Promulgation of information
			 concerning scholarships.
Each medical and osteopathic student being
			 trained in the State of Oklahoma shall, by March first of each school year, be
			 notified concerning the availability of scholarships.
(2)
Applications.
All interested
			 students shall file an application with the Health Care Workforce Training
			 Commission. The deadline for submitting applications shall be March 30 of each
			 year. Applications shall be reviewed by a Screening Committee appointed by the
			 Chairperson of the Commission. The criteria to be used by the Screening
			 Committee are delineated in
			 540:10-1-4(a).
			 (A copy of the application is available in the office of the Health Care
			 Workforce Training Commission).
(3)
Approval of scholarships by the Commission.
The Scholarship
			 Screening Committee shall recommend those scholarship applicants selected for
			 funding to the Health Care Workforce Training Commission at one of its meetings
			 prior to June 30. A student not selected by the Screening Committee may appeal
			 to the Commission for a hearing at any scheduled Commission meeting. If
			 approved, funding for each scholarship shall become effective on July 1 of that
			 particular year.
(4)
Renewal
			 of contracts.
The original scholarship shall be guaranteed for the
			 initial year. Renewal contracts will be mailed to each student by May 1 of each
			 year to be signed and returned no later than June 30 of that same year. See
			 540:10-1-4(d)
			 for additional information concerning renewals.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1770,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 10 - Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund › Section 540:10-1-6 - Repayment of scholarship loans

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Monies received by the Commission in repayment of
				scholarships granted from appropriated funds shall be deposited with the State
				Treasurer who shall place the same to the credit of the Commission in a
				depository fund. All monies so collected and deposited in the State Treasury as
				aforesaid shall constitute a continuing fund, shall not be subject to fiscal
				limitations, and the unexpended balance shall at all times be available for
				expenditures for the purpose and in the manner and form provided by this act.
				All funds and property, and income therefrom, received by the Commission
				through the acceptance of gifts, grants, bequests or devise shall be held by
				the Commission in trust, and may be sold, transferred, invested and reinvested
				by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Trust Act,
				and all such funds and property, and income therefrom, shall be used by the
				Commission in fulfilling and accomplishing the conditions and purposes of the
				Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
[70:625.4]
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1770,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 10 - Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund › Section 540:10-1-7 - Annual reports to Governor and Legislature

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The Commission shall make an annual report to the
				Governor and Legislature on the activities of the Commission. This report shall
				include the names of the recipients of the scholarships, the amount of the
				scholarship awards, an accounting of the funds expended on scholarships and on
				the administration of the program and a budget requesting the funds necessary
				for the operation of the Commission. The report shall also include an
				accounting of repayments of scholarships whether by services or in cash
				including interest.
[70:625.5(e)]
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 10 - Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan and Scholarship Fund › Section 540:10-1-8 - Applicant contracts

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Before being granted a scholarship, each applicant shall enter
				into a contract with the Commission and agree to the terms and conditions of
				the scholarship, in accordance with the Oklahoma Rural Medical Education Loan
				and Scholarship Fund Act. The form of the contract shall be prepared and
				approved by the Attorney General. Contracts shall be signed by the applicant
				and by the Executive Director on behalf of the Commission, and copies of the
				contracts shall be available in the Commission's office. Pursuant to 70 O.S.,
				§ 625.6, the Commission is authorized to sue a scholarship recipient for
				the balance due on his or her contract, and may cancel any contract upon cause
				deemed sufficient by the Commission.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 15 - Internship and Residency Program › Section 540:15-1-1 - Purpose

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Section
				697.1 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
				Statutes indicates that
the legislature recognizes that there is a need
				to upgrade the availability of health care services for people of Oklahoma, and
				thus, there is a need to improve the balance of health care workforce
				distribution in the state both by type of practice and geographic location.
				Furthermore, the Legislature recognizes the need to accommodate the increasing
				number of graduates from the medical and osteopathic colleges of Oklahoma by
				retaining their services as practicing physicians in the state and by
				attracting graduates from schools outside the state. Therefore, it is the
				intent of the Legislature to increase the number of internship and residency
				programs offered for the training of physicians throughout the state through
				the sharing by the state of the costs of such internships and residencies with
				hospitals and other clinical residency training establishments. These programs
				shall be designed primarily to emphasize the training of primary health care
				and family practice physicians and to develop workforce programs to service
				directly the rural and nonmetropolitian areas of the state
or other
				areas of severe need. [70:697.1]
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 15 - Internship and Residency Program › Section 540:15-1-2 - Statutory administration of program

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Section
				697.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
				Statutes provides that
the Health Care Workforce Training Commission is
				authorized to establish and administer cost-sharing programs for internship and
				residency physician training.
[70:697.2]
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 15 - Internship and Residency Program › Section 540:15-1-3 - Terms and conditions of assistance

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Section
				697.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma
				Statutes states that financial assistance for internship and residency training
				shall be provided to Oklahoma allopathic and osteopathic institutions engaged
				in postgraduate training on a cost sharing basis as follows:
(1)
Salary, fringe benefits, training
			 and program administration of the interns and residents as may be arranged by
			 contract for reimbursement with an accredited and approved hospital and
			 accredited clinical programs throughout the state
. . .
			 .[70:697.2]
(2) The Commission
			 shall conduct the coordination and selection of internship and residency
			 programs to assure the effective operation of these programs.
(3)
Not less than seventy-five
			 percent (75%) of the subsidy for these programs shall be used in the training
			 of primary health care and family/general practice physicians for the rural and
			 medically underserved areas of the state
[70:697.2]; the subsidy to a
			 given training institution shall not exceed any maximum or minimum amount which
			 may be prescribed by law or as determined by the Commission.
(4)
No less than forty percent (40%)
			 of all participating residents and interns in each school year must participate
			 in a rural program outside the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan
			 areas.
[70:697.6] Residents and interns shall allocate the time spent
			 in rural programs outside the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas in
			 accordance with primary care specialty accreditation
			 standards.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1772,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 15 - Internship and Residency Program › Section 540:15-1-4 - Contractual arrangements

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The Health Care Workforce Training Commission is...
				authorized to enter into contractual arrangements with residency training
				programs at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, University of
				Oklahoma-Tulsa Medical College, or the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine
				and Surgery.
[70:697.7] Copies of all contracts are filed in the
				office of the Commission.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 20 - Oklahoma Community Physician Education Scholarship Loan Program Fund [Revoked] › Section 540:20-1-2 - Statutory administration of fund [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg 1773,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 20 - Oklahoma Community Physician Education Scholarship Loan Program Fund [Revoked] › Section 540:20-1-3 - Terms and conditions of scholarships [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg 1773,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 20 - Oklahoma Community Physician Education Scholarship Loan Program Fund [Revoked] › Section 540:20-1-4 - Eligibility; amount; method of payment; renewal [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg 1773,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 20 - Oklahoma Community Physician Education Scholarship Loan Program Fund [Revoked] › Section 540:20-1-5 - Procedures for administering scholarships [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg 1773,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 20 - Oklahoma Community Physician Education Scholarship Loan Program Fund [Revoked] › Section 540:20-1-6 - Repayment of scholarship loans [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg 1773,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 20 - Oklahoma Community Physician Education Scholarship Loan Program Fund [Revoked] › Section 540:20-1-7 - Annual reports to Governor and Legislature [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg 1773,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 20 - Oklahoma Community Physician Education Scholarship Loan Program Fund [Revoked] › Section 540:20-1-8 - Applicant contracts [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg 1773,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 20 - Oklahoma Community Physician Education Scholarship Loan Program Fund [Revoked] › Section 540:20-1-9 - Cost-sharing scholarship with correctional facilities [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg 1773,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 25 - Physician and Health Care Workforce Placement Services › Section 540:25-1-1 - Purpose

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The Physician Placement Program is administered by the Health
				Care Workforce Training Commission under the provisions pursuant to Section
				697.5(12) of 70. O.S.,
to conduct and to administer a program of
				physician and health care workforce placement services throughout the State of
				Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 25 - Physician and Health Care Workforce Placement Services › Section 540:25-1-2 - Role of Commission

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The role of the Health Care Workforce Training Commission in
				helping Oklahoma communities recruit physicians, is basically one of physician
				practice location referral.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1776,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 25 - Physician and Health Care Workforce Placement Services › Section 540:25-1-3 - List of practice opportunities

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All physicians seeking practice situations in Oklahoma will,
				on request, be provided with a list of practice opportunities. A list of
				practice opportunities will be prepared or updated quarterly by the
				Commission.
(1) All communities,
			 agencies, clinics, and private physicians in the State of Oklahoma who are
			 seeking physicians to fill particular practice situations in Oklahoma are
			 eligible to be included in the "List of Practice Opportunities in Oklahoma"
			 which is distributed to prospective physicians.
(2) The Commission may list any practice
			 situation which is being requested.
(3) The Commission may provide the "List of
			 Practice Opportunities in Oklahoma" to any physician who is seeking a practice
			 opportunity in the State of Oklahoma.
(4) When the Health Care Workforce Training
			 Commission provides information concerning the "List of Practice Opportunities
			 in Oklahoma" to a physician, the following disclaimer shall be used: "Any
			 information concerning a practice opportunity in the State of Oklahoma - as
			 provided by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission - in no way
			 constitutes a recommendation or endorsement of a given Oklahoma practice
			 opportunity by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission."
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1776,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 25 - Physician and Health Care Workforce Placement Services › Section 540:25-1-4 - List of physicians seeking practice opportunities

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Communities, agencies, clinics, and private physicians in the
				State of Oklahoma can be provided with a "List of Physicians Seeking Practice
				Opportunities in Oklahoma". This includes graduates of Oklahoma medical schools
				receiving postdoctural training inside and outside Oklahoma, as well as all
				other physicians receiving postdoctural training in Oklahoma. This list shall
				be prepared or updated quarterly by the Health Care Workforce Training
				Commission.
(1) All physicians who
			 submit a Physician Information Worksheet approved by the Health Care Workforce
			 Training Commission are eligible to be included on the "List of Physicians
			 Seeking Practice Opportunities in the State of Oklahoma".
(2) All community leaders, agencies, clinics,
			 and private physicians in the State of Oklahoma are eligible to receive the
			 "List of Physicians Seeking Practice Opportunities in Oklahoma".
(3) The "List of Physicians Seeking Practice
			 Opportunities in the State of Oklahoma" contains the following "disclaimer"
			 which is used whenever the Health Care Workforce Training Commission shares
			 information concerning a physician with a community: "Any information
			 concerning physicians seeking practice opportunities in Oklahoma - as provided
			 by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission - in no way constitutes
			 documentation or verification of the information nor an endorsement of an
			 individual physician's medical training, medical ability, or
			 character."
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1776,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 25 - Physician and Health Care Workforce Placement Services › Section 540:25-1-5 - Assistance to physicians in evaluating communities

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Health Care Workforce Training Commission will perform the
				following procedures in helping a physician to evaluate a community:
(1) The Health Care Workforce Training
			 Commission provides physicians with guidelines to be used to help the physician
			 assess a community as a prospective practice site.
(2) The staff members of the Health Care
			 Workforce Training Commission may refer interested physicians to responsible
			 individuals who might be the source of information.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1776,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 25 - Physician and Health Care Workforce Placement Services › Section 540:25-1-6 - Assistance to communities and others seeking physicians

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The Health Care Workforce Training Commission will perform the
				following procedures in helping to place a physician in an Oklahoma
				community:
(1) The Health Care
			 Workforce Training Commission provides all communities, agencies, clinics, and
			 private physicians seeking physicians to fill particular practice needs with a
			 list of resource persons and guidelines which can provide assistance in the
			 screening process.
(2) The Health
			 Care Workforce Training Commission asks for information on its Physician
			 Information Worksheet which can be of assistance to community leaders,
			 agencies, clinics, and private physicians in their assessment of prospective
			 physicians.
(3) Staff members of
			 the Health Care Workforce Training Commission will provide a community with
			 information which has been obtained from an appropriate professional or
			 licensing organization.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1776,
				eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 540:30-1-1 - Purpose

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The purpose of the Nursing Student Assistance Program
				  is to encourage persons to enter nursing education programs and to practice in
				  areas in which there is an urgent need or in institutions or agencies.. which
				  provide funds on a matching basis with the Health Care Workforce Training
				  Commission for the support of nursing students.
[70:697.17(A)]
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 540:30-1-2 - Scope of program

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Scholarship loans are available for study prerequisite to
				  licensure as a Practical Nurse, Registered Nurse, or the awarding of a Master's
				  Degree in Nursing or higher and for the upward mobility of LPN's and AD and
				  Diploma RN's to Baccalaureate in Nursing. The Nurse Education Scholarship
				  Program is a loan program, with repayment to be made through work service to
				  the sponsor. Loan paybacks would be based on one year of service for each
				  academic year in the program, with a minimum of one year service obligation.
				  For students enrolled in the BSN program, funding is available for only the
				  last two years of study. For students enrolled in the MSN-NP, MSN-EDU, DNP or
				  Ph.D. programs, funding is available for two to five years.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 540:30-1-3 - Power to grant scholarships

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The Health Care Workforce Training Commission shall be
				  authorized and empowered to grant nursing scholarships to qualified students
				  who are bona fide residents of the State of Oklahoma. It is recognized that the
				  rules of this Chapter are guidelines only and may be waived at the discretion
				  of the Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg
				  1777, eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 3 - Role of Nursing Scholarship Advisory Committee › Section 540:30-3-1 - Role of Nursing Scholarship Advisory Committee

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(a) A
				Nursing Scholarship Advisory Committee (NSAC) will assist and advise the Health
				Care Workforce Training Commission relative to the Nursing Student Assistance
				Program.
(b) Recipients will be
				selected by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission assisted by
				recommendations of a twelve member Nursing Scholarship Advisory Committee. The
				Nursing Scholarship Advisory Committee will be appointed by the Health Care
				Workforce Training Commission and will consist of:
(1) a Rural Hospital Nursing Service
				Administrator, representing the Oklahoma Organization of Nurse
				Executives,
(2) an Urban Hospital
				Nursing Service Administrator, representing the Oklahoma Organization of Nurse
				Executives,
(3) a representative of
				the Oklahoma Nursing Home Association,
(4) a representative of the Oklahoma Hospital
				Association,
(5) a representative
				of the Oklahoma League for Nursing,
(6) a representative of the Oklahoma State
				Association of Licensed Practical Nurses,
(7) three Educators (a representative of the
				Oklahoma Directors of Practical Nursing Education; a representative of the
				Associate Degree Nursing Director's Council, and a representative of the
				Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Nursing Programs),
(8) a lay community representative,
				and
(9) a representative from the
				Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 5 - Categories of Scholarships › Section 540:30-5-2 - Non-Matching Nursing Student Assistance Program

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(a) State funds appropriated to the Nursing
				Student Assistance Program shall be used to grant scholarships under the
				Non-Matching Student Assistance Program. The maximum amounts that can be
				awarded are $750.00 per full-time semester for LPN program, $1,250 per
				full-time semester for an ADN program, $1,750.00 per full-time semester for the
				BSN program, and $2,500.00 per full-time semester (up to 4 years) for
				MSN/DNP/Ph.D. program.
(b)
				Scholarship recipients may carry out their service obligation by practicing
				full time as a licensed practical or registered nurse (excluding physician's
				offices, private duty practice, research or non-patient based facilities,
				industrial and summer camp nursing) as agreed to by contract or with Commission
				approval.
(c) Scholarship
				recipients may carry out their service obligation by teaching in an
				accredited/approved Oklahoma nursing school (provided other Oklahoma Board of
				Nursing faculty qualifications are met).
(d) Scholarship recipients who become nurse
				practitioners may carry out their service obligation by practicing full time as
				a nurse practitioner at any Oklahoma hospital, nursing home, state health
				facility, qualified rural health clinic, or hospital, private owned or leased
				rural physician clinic.
(e) In
				awarding grants for the Non-Matching Nursing Student Assistance Program,
				seventy percent of the designated monies may be earmarked for scholarship
				recipients who are deemed likely to return to a rural community to practice
				nursing.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg
				  1777, eff 5-11-98; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1199, eff
				  5-13-02
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 7 - Eligibilty › Section 540:30-7-1 - Domicile

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(a) For the purpose
				of obtaining a scholarship loan in accordance with the provisions of the
				Nursing Student Assistance Program, a person is required to have maintained
				domicile in the State of Oklahoma for at least twelve months immediately prior
				to a request for residency status and must be a citizen of the United
				States.
(b) In order to be eligible
				for classification as a legal resident under this program, an individual must
				establish physical presence in the State during such twelve month period not
				for the purposes of mere temporary residency incidental to enrollment in an
				educational program, or for application for a loan under this
				program.
(c) In some cases, it may
				be necessary to conduct an inquiry into the question of domiciliary intent. If
				so, an applicant may be requested to provide an appropriate application for
				analysis on forms to be made available by the Commission.
(d) A student is required to qualify for
				payment of in-state tuition and fees when attending a state supported
				school.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg
				  1777, eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 7 - Eligibilty › Section 540:30-7-2 - Acceptance in a course of study

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(a) Qualifying applicants will have been
				unconditionally admitted as a student in an Oklahoma accredited/approved
				program of nursing study. Each applicant will submit certification of
				acceptance and/or of being a student in good standing, academically and
				otherwise, by the Dean or Director of the nursing school he or she attends or
				plans to attend. This certification is to be submitted as a part of the
				application process. Enrollment in basic courses prerequisite to and/or leading
				to a nursing program does not qualify an applicant.
(b) Part time nursing students may be
				considered on an individual basis as a qualified applicant. Evidence of
				progression within a nursing program is to be provided each semester.
(c) If already attending school, a student is
				to submit documentation of unconditional promotion to the succeeding class with
				the exception of a part-time student who submits evidence of
				progression.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 7 - Eligibilty › Section 540:30-7-3 - Loans not available

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Loans are not available for the following:
(1) Less than a semester of
				schooling.
(2) Repeating academic
				work previously supported by educational loan funds.
(3) Additional study while still in the
				process of paying off a scholarship loan previously granted.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 7 - Eligibilty › Section 540:30-7-4 - Criteria for selection of recipients

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following criteria shall be used for the selection of
				  recipients of nursing scholarship loans:
(1) Academic capability. Must maintain a 3.0
				overall GPA.
(2) Motivation to
				practice in a critical shortage area as defined by the Commission (with
				emphasis on rural practice).
(3)
				Agreement to work in an institution, community or agency matching funding with
				the Commission (if appropriate).
(4) Financial need - only if the number of
				applicants exceed the availability of funds.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 7 - Eligibilty › Section 540:30-7-5 - Agreement to practice in Oklahoma

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The recipient of a nursing scholarship loan agrees upon
				  completion of the required training to practice in Oklahoma or at the
				  sponsoring institution a full calendar year for each academic year or fraction
				  thereof that a loan is received. The minimum service obligation is one year.
				  The term "practice" as used herein shall mean service in the discipline after
				  obtaining a license or the award of a degree in nursing, whichever is most
				  recent, under the loan program.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 9 - Application Process › Section 540:30-9-1 - Interview; application

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(a)
Interview.
An interview with a representative of the Commission
				may be required before an application is approved for a scholarship
				recipient.
(b)
Application
				form.
The application form consists of:
(1) General information.
(2) Statement regarding financial
				needs.
(3) Statement of
				professional goals.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 9 - Application Process › Section 540:30-9-2 - Notification

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Applicants will be notified of the Commission's
				  consideration, if applications are complete:
(1) When possible, not later than August 1,
				if the academic year commences in August or September;
(2) Within thirty days following receipt of
				the application if the academic year begins in any month other than August or
				September.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 9 - Application Process › Section 540:30-9-3 - Approval

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(a) If a
				scholarship loan is approved, the original of the contract will be completed
				and executed by the applicant, sponsor, and Commission.
(b) One copy of the contract is to be
				returned to both the sponsor and recipient of the scholarship loan.
(c) Copies of the contract for Matching
				Scholarships and for Non- Matching Scholarships are available in the Office of
				the Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 11 - Loan Provisions › Section 540:30-11-1 - Repayment of discontinued loans

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
If a loan recipient for whatever reason becomes ineligible
				  to continue participation in the program and repayment is required, then cash
				  repayment (principal) is due within 90 days of the date of the Commission's
				  written notification of ineligibility to the recipient.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 11 - Loan Provisions › Section 540:30-11-2 - Penalty for breach of contract

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
In the event that a loan recipient breaches the terms of the
				  contract, he/she may be assessed liquidated damages which represent a
				  reasonable estimate of the damage or loss of the State and/or the sponsor (if
				  applicable). Said damages are not to exceed 100% of the
				  principal.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 11 - Loan Provisions › Section 540:30-11-3 - Security for the loan

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(a) Each
				loan will be secured by a contract signed by the recipient and spouse if
				applicable.
(b) Each loan will be
				secured by a contract signed by the recipient and a parent if the recipient is
				under 23 years of age and an unemancipated minor.
(c) If a recipient shows little or no income,
				each loan will be secured by a contract signed by the recipient and the person
				providing support for the recipient.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg
				  1777, eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 11 - Loan Provisions › Section 540:30-11-4 - Payment to loan recipient

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Upon receipt of the properly executed loan contracts, the
				  Commission will authorize a check to be forwarded directly to the student
				  recipient covering an academic period (or on a monthly basis as provided by
				  this Subchapter).
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 11 - Loan Provisions › Section 540:30-11-5 - Fees

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The yearly fee of 5% on the unpaid balance of the principal
				  for each year with a minimum of $50.00 for administrative finance costs. It
				  will be due July 1 st of each year that the loan is being
				  serviced.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 11 - Loan Provisions › Section 540:30-11-6 - Suit for collection; attorney's fees and collection costs

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
If it becomes necessary for the Attorney General, on behalf
				  of the State and Commission, to file suit for collection of a loan for notes,
				  the makers of the note will be responsible for attorney's fees and other costs
				  or charges necessary for the collection of the balance due on the loan. Any
				  collection under this Section will be deposited in the Revolving Fund. That
				  portion representing a contribution(s) by a sponsor may be returned to the
				  sponsor, placed to the sponsor's credit or retained by the Health Care
				  Workforce Training Commission as is appropriate.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 13 - Subsequent Loans › Section 540:30-13-1 - Loan term

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Loans are approved for only one academic year at a time and
				  will be for a term inclusive of the state fiscal year running from July 1 to
				  June 30.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 13 - Subsequent Loans › Section 540:30-13-2 - Renewal applications

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Abbreviated renewal applications and contracts are mailed
				  annually to loan recipients expected to continue in an advanced
				  class.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 13 - Subsequent Loans › Section 540:30-13-3 - Payment of succeeding loan proceeds

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Succeeding loan proceeds are paid upon receipt of properly
				  completed applications and contracts and certification by the school that the
				  applicant has been unconditionally promoted to the succeeding
				  class.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 13 - Subsequent Loans › Section 540:30-13-4 - Repetition of academic work

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Students repeating academic work are not eligible for
				  financial assistance until the conditions are removed, except where work is
				  being repeated concurrently with a full course loan in the succeeding
				  class.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 13 - Subsequent Loans › Section 540:30-13-5 - Additional course of study

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Any scholarship recipient who graduates from a course of
				  study must first fulfill the required service obligation connected with that
				  course of study before being considered for a scholarship for an upward
				  mobility course of study, unless the recipient only received one year of
				  financial assistance and can complete an upward mobility course of study within
				  the period of a second year. An "upward mobility course of study" for the
				  purpose of this rule shall be defined as a course of study for a nursing degree
				  beyond a nursing degree already held by the applicant.
Amended at 18 Ok Reg
				  1323, eff 5-11-01
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 15 - General Administrative Policies › Section 540:30-15-1 - Installments to recipients

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(a)
				The Commission will pay the loan proceeds in monthly installments or in a lump
				sum if the NSAC so recommends.
(b)
				Where applicable, the installments will be paid upon certification by an
				Officer of the school of satisfactory performance and transcript verifying GPA
				requirement and proof of enrollment for the following semester or registration
				for the NCLEX by the scholarship recipient at the end of each
				semester.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 15 - General Administrative Policies › Section 540:30-15-2 - Correspondence; change in address or professional status

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Loan recipients are responsible for answering correspondence
				  promptly from the Commission and for notifying the Commission of changes in
				  address or professional status while the contract is in
				  force.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 15 - General Administrative Policies › Section 540:30-15-3 - Tax status for eligibility [REVOKED]

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Revoked at 15 Ok Reg
				  1777, eff 5-11-98
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 15 - General Administrative Policies › Section 540:30-15-4 - Death of loan recipient

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
If a loan recipient dies while the contract is in force, any
				  balance on the loan not liquidated by service or cash repayment is
				  automatically cancelled.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 15 - General Administrative Policies › Section 540:30-15-5 - Deferment of loan

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Deferment of the loan commitment may be granted at the
				  discretion of the Commission under the following circumstances:
(1) Required military service for a period.
				Recipients may qualify for deferment if their spouses are required to leave
				Oklahoma under this condition;
(2)
				Extended illness upon the written recommendation of physician licensed in
				Oklahoma;
(3) Maternity
				leave-of-absence for a period of time not to exceed six months.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 15 - General Administrative Policies › Section 540:30-15-6 - Transfer of student

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(a) The
				Commission may approve the transfer of students receiving loans from one school
				to another or from one institution to another upon a written request documented
				in accordance with requirements by the Commission.
(b) If approved, the financial assistance and
				the practice commitment will be adjusted as appropriate.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 15 - General Administrative Policies › Section 540:30-15-7 - Subsequent disability of recipient

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
In the event of a loan recipient becoming mentally or
				  physically disabled after incurring a loan obligation, a recipient may apply to
				  the Commission for a waiver, deferment or suspension of any loan obligation.
				  Deferments and suspensions shall be reviewed not less than once annually by the
				  Commission.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 15 - General Administrative Policies › Section 540:30-15-8 - Concurrent funding and practice obligation

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
A loan recipient will not be approved for concurrent
				  financial support as a student who incurs dual practice obligations except
				  under an arrangement acceptable to all parties involved.
Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 540 - Health Care Workforce Training Commission › Chapter 30 - Oklahoma Nursing Student Assistance Program › Subchapter 17 - Service Obligation › Section 540:30-17-1 - Cancellation for service

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Loans may be cancelled with interest on the basis of a
				  calendar year of service as specified for each academic year or fraction
				  thereof for which the student received a loan.