Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 46, November 14, 2024
Section 88-20-5 - Sponsor agreementEach agreement between a sponsor and the recipient of a Kansas nursing student scholarship shall:
(a) Be consistent with the requirements of the Kansas nursing student scholarship program; (b) require the scholarship recipient to exhaust institutional policies for degree completion in an effort to satisfy the requirements for graduation from a school of nursing; (c) require the scholarship recipient to take the Kansas nursing board examination for licensure a minimum of three consecutive times in an effort to successfully complete the examination and satisfy all requirements for a permanent license to practice nursing in Kansas; (d) require one year of full-time employment by the scholarship recipient as a condition to the receipt of each annual scholarship award; (e) permit the scholarship recipient to use up to one year of full-time employment in an unlicensed job classification performed for sponsor while the scholarship recipient is seeking to meet the qualifications for nursing licensure as credit in meeting employment responsibilities; (f) provide that the agreement between the sponsor and the scholarship recipient will be renewed on an annual basis for qualified recipients until satisfaction of the requirements for graduation from a school of nursing; and (g) provide that upon the failure of the scholarship recipient to engage in the full-time practice of nursing in Kansas for the required period of time, repayment of assistance may be in installment payments sufficient to allow full repayment within 5 years. Kan. Admin. Regs. § 88-20-5
Authorized by L. 1989, Ch. 223, Sec. 7; implementing L. 1989, Ch. 223, Sec. 6-7; effective March 19, 1990.