Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 542 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE VIRGINIA NURSE PRACTITIONER/NURSE MIDWIFE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Part IV - Contracts › Section 12VAC5-542-80 - Contract provisions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Prior to the payment of money to a scholarship awardee, the
					 commissioner shall enter into a contract with the recipient. The contract
					 shall:
1. Provide that the recipient
				  will pursue the nurse practitioner/nurse midwife course of the designated
				  school until graduation and will pursue full-time practice as a nurse
				  practitioner or nurse midwife within two years following completion of training
				  and for a period of years equal to the number of annual scholarships awarded.
				  The area of employment must be on the list of Virginia medically underserved
				  areas approved by the State Board of Health and in an employment setting that
				  provides services to persons who are unable to pay for the service and that
				  participates in all government sponsored insurance programs designed to assure
				  access of covered persons to medical care services on the date of commencement
				  of contract obligation fulfillment.
2. Provide that the recipient will not
				  voluntarily obligate himself for military service prior to completion of the
				  repayment period.
3. Provide for
				  termination of the contract by the recipient while the recipient is enrolled in
				  nurse practitioner or nurse midwife school, upon the recipient's notice and
				  immediate repayment to the Commonwealth of the total amount of the scholarship
				  funds plus interest at the prevailing bank rate for similar amounts of
				  unsecured debt, computed from the date of receipt of funds by the
				  recipient.
4. Provide that if the
				  recipient fails to maintain satisfactory academic progress the recipient may,
				  upon certification by the Nursing Scholarship Committee, be relieved of the
				  contract obligation to engage in full-time nurse practitioner/nurse midwife
				  practice upon repayment to the Commonwealth of the total amount of scholarship
				  funds received plus interest at the prevailing bank rate for similar amounts of
				  unsecured debt, computed from the date of receipt of funds by the
				  recipient.
5. Provide that if the
				  recipient is in default due to death or permanent disability so as not to be
				  able to engage in nurse practitioner/nurse midwife practice, the recipient, or
				  his personal representative, may be relieved of the obligation under the
				  contract to engage in full-time practice upon repayment to the Commonwealth of
				  the total amount of scholarship funds received plus interest at the prevailing
				  bank rate for similar amounts of unsecured debt from the date of receipt of
				  scholarship funds. For recipients completing part of the practice obligation
				  prior to becoming permanently disabled, the total amount of scholarship funds
				  received and owed shall be reduced by the amount of the annual scholarship
				  award multiplied by the number of years practiced. Unusual hardship may be
				  reviewed by the board on a case-by-case basis.
6. Provide that individual cases of
				  extraordinary hardship may be considered by the commissioner for forgiveness of
				  payment or service.
7. Provide that
				  any recipient of a scholarship who defaults by evasion or refusal to fulfill
				  the obligation to practice for a period of years equal to the number of annual
				  scholarships received shall reimburse the Commonwealth three times the total
				  amount of the scholarship funds received plus interest on the tripled
				  obligation amount at the prevailing bank rate of interest for similar amounts
				  of unsecured debt.
8. Provide that
				  for a recipient who fulfills only part of the contractual obligation, the total
				  amount of scholarship funds received and owed shall be reduced by the amount of
				  the annual scholarship, divided into months and multiplied by the number of
				  months practiced in the appropriate area, and the remainder tripled as provided
				  in subdivision 5 of this section.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-12, 32.1-122.5, and 32.1-122.6:02 of
						the Code of Virginia.