New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter XX - Higher Education Services Corporation › Subchapter C - General Awards, Academic Performance Awards, Fellowships and Other Awards › Part 2203 - Academic Performance Awards And Fellowships › Section 2203.4 - Regents physician shortage scholarships

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Recipients of Regents physician shortage
				  scholarships shall annually file with the corporation an application for
				  payment of an award in accordance with section
				  2201.1(a) 
				  of this Title, and further, shall report to the corporation, on such forms at
				  such times as the president may prescribe, all information required by the
				  president, including but not limited to anticipated date of graduation, plans
				  for internship and residency training and selected area of service in an area
				  of physician shortage. In the event a recipient fails to file such annual
				  application in any academic year in which he or she may be eligible, the
				  recipient shall file a report, on such forms and at such times as prescribed by
				  the president, regarding his or her status during the academic year in which an
				  application for payment is not made.
(b) Prior to receipt of each annual award
				  under this section, the candidate shall enter into an agreement with the
				  corporation whereby the candidate agrees that upon successful completion of
				  professional training, the candidate will practice medicine in an area
				  designated by the Regents as an area of physician shortage for a period equal
				  to nine months for each annual award received.
(c) Failure to begin such service within one
				  year of completion of medical training, or failure to complete the period of
				  service required by subdivision (b) of this section, will entitle the
				  corporation to recover from the recipient all of a proportionate amount of the
				  awards received by the recipient plus interest at the rate of seven percent per
				  annum. Repayment of any amount required by the corporation shall be made in
				  accordance with section 145- 1.10(f) of this Title.
(d) On the 31st day of January next following
				  the calendar year in which the recipient was graduated from medical school and
				  continuing annually until the recipient shall have completed, or it is
				  determined he or she shall not be obligated to complete the required services,
				  a recipient of an award shall report to the corporation, on forms prescribed by
				  the president, as to the performance of the required services or the
				  recipient's current status.
(e) In
				  the event a recipient shall fail to file any report required under this section
				  within 30 days of written notice to the recipient mailed to the address shown
				  on the last application for an award or last report filed, whichever is later,
				  the president, after a hearing held pursuant to Part 2005 of this Title, may
				  impose a fine upon the recipient of up to $1,000. The president, in his or her
				  discretion, may waive the filing of a report, excuse a delay in filing, or a
				  failure to file a report, or waive or reduce any fine imposed for good cause
				  shown.