Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 545 - REGULATIONS FOR THE NURSE EDUCATOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 12VAC5-545-70 - Contract provisions and default

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Prior to the payment of money to a
				scholarship recipient, the commissioner shall enter into a contract with the
				recipient. The contract shall:
1. Provide
				that the recipient shall pursue a nurse educator program of the designated
				school until graduation and shall begin full-time (as determined by the
				institution) teaching service as a nurse educator within one year (12 months)
				following completion of training and for a period of two years per annual
				scholarship award. Employment must be at a Virginia nursing school
				program.
2. Provide that the
				recipient shall not voluntarily obligate himself for military service prior to
				completion of the repayment period.
3. Provide that the recipient shall notify
				the commissioner in writing of his proposed teaching location within 30 days of
				his employment at a teaching location.
4. Provide that the recipient may request
				approval of a change of teaching location. The commissioner in his discretion
				may approve such a request.
5.
				Provide that if the recipient (i) fails to maintain satisfactory academic
				progress; (ii) is placed on academic or other probation; (iii) is suspended or
				expelled from school; or (iv) voluntarily withdraws from school, the recipient
				may, upon certification by the commissioner, be relieved of the contract
				obligation to engage in full-time teaching service upon repayment to the
				Commonwealth of the total amount of scholarship funds received plus applicable
				interest.
6. Provide that if the
				recipient defaults while still in a nursing education program and notifies the
				commissioner in writing that the recipient will not provide teaching services
				in a nursing program as required, the recipient will make restitution to the
				Commonwealth of Virginia by repayment of all scholarship award or awards plus
				applicable interest on the amount of such restitution.
7. Provide that if the recipient is in
				default due to death or permanent disability so as not to be able to engage in
				teaching service, the recipient, or his personal representative, may be
				relieved of the obligation under the contract to engage in full-time teaching
				service upon repayment to the Commonwealth of the total amount of scholarship
				funds received plus applicable interest. For recipients completing part of the
				teaching obligation prior to becoming permanently disabled, or in the event of
				death, the total amount of scholarship funds owed shall be reduced by the
				proportion of obligated years served.
8. Provide that if the recipient is in
				default due to death or permanent disability so as not to be able to engage in
				full-time teaching service at a Virginia nursing school program, the obligation
				to make restitution may be waived by the commissioner upon application of the
				recipient or the recipient's estate to the commissioner.
9. Provide that individual cases of hardship
				may be considered by the commissioner for forgiveness of payment or
				service.
10. Provide that any
				recipient of a scholarship who defaults by evasion or refusal to fulfill the
				obligation to teach full time at a Virginia nursing school program for the full
				number of years required at any time following completion of his nurse educator
				program shall make restitution by repaying all monetary scholarship awards,
				plus penalty and applicable interest on such restitution to the Commonwealth of
				Virginia.
11. Provide that partial
				fulfillment of the recipient's obligation shall reduce the amount of
				restitution plus penalty and applicable interest due by an amount of money
				equal to the same percentage of time employed.