Rule 195-11-.10 - Notification, Acceptance, and Payment Process for Renewal Scholarship Awards(1) The Board staff shall notify each applicant in writing of the Board's decision within 10 business days of the Board's Annual Meeting.(2) Successful applicants will be asked to accept or decline the award of a scholarship by signing and submitting an Acceptance Form within 10 business days of receiving notice of the award from the Board. Acceptance Forms shall be notarized and incorporated as an addendum to the official contract.(3) Scholarship awards that are declined shall be made available to initial scholarship applicants.(4) If the scholarship award is accepted, Board staff shall issue a scholarship contract to the scholarship recipient. Each recipient will be allowed 10 days in which to review the contract and consult with an attorney as to its contents if they so choose.(5) Board staff shall arrange for all valid and approved contracts to be executed by the Executive Director and Chairman of the Board. Such documents shall be notarized and the official seal of the Board affixed.(6) One of the two fully executed copies of the scholarship contract shall be returned to the scholarship recipient and one kept in the permanent records of the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce.(7) Board staff shall submit appropriate paperwork to the Department of Community Health within 10 business days of the execution of the scholarship contract requesting payment of the scholarship award.(8) The Board reserves the right to pay the student's tuition and fees directly to the medical school in which the recipient is enrolled, with the balance, if any, being paid directly to the scholarship recipient for books and other educational expenses.(9) The Board staff shall maintain appropriate records necessary to account for the expenditure of funds for the Scholarship Program.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 195-11-.10
O.C.G.A. §49-10.
Original Rule entitled "Notification, Acceptance, and Payment Process for Renewal Scholarship Awards" adopted. F. Nov. 27, 2012; eff. Dec. 17, 2012.Amended: F. Aug. 28, 2013; eff. Sept. 17, 2013.Amended: F. Jul. 29, 2014; eff. Aug. 18, 2014.Repealed: New Rule of the same title adopted. F. Dec. 26, 2019; eff. Jan. 15, 2020.