La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § IV-2301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section IV-2301 - General Provisions

A. Legislative Authority. The Tuition Payment Program for Medical School Students was created by Act 281 of the 1997 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature and amended by Act 894 of the 2004 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.

B. Description, History and Purpose. The Tuition Payment Program for Medical School Students:

1. annually awards not more than 10 monetary loans to eligible students attending a medical school of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and not more than five monetary loans to eligible students attending the Tulane University School of Medicine who commit to practice the profession of medicine as a primary care physician, as defined herein, for at least five consecutive years in a rural or medically disadvantaged area in Louisiana designated by the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, acting jointly with the Tulane University School of Medicine, (hereinafter referred to as a "designated area"). When the individual receiving the award practices medicine in a designated area for five consecutive years as provided in these rules, the loans are forgiven in full;

2. was first funded for the 1998-99 award year;

3. the legislature's purpose for this program is to bring about an adequate supply of doctors of medicine who will engage in the general practice of medicine in the rural or medically disadvantaged areas of the state by inducing a sufficient number of the graduates from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and the Tulane University School of Medicine to remain in or relocate to designated areas of Louisiana to practice their profession, thus affording adequate medical care to the people of Louisiana.

C. Award Amounts

1. Loans for students enrolled at one of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center medical schools shall be made in an amount not to exceed the full tuition and room and board amount for that school. Loans for students enrolled at the Tulane University School of Medicine shall be made in an amount not to exceed the tuition and room and board amount for a student enrolled at the most expensive medical school of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.

2. Recipients may receive funding for each year of enrollment at an eligible medical school, until awarded a doctorate degree in medicine.

3. Recipients may receive other financial awards in conjunction with the Tuition Payment Program for Medical School Students.

4. In the event the student's total aid exceeds the cost of attendance as defined in §301 of these rules, any federal loan aid included in the total aid package shall be reduced, then institutional and other aid in accordance with institutional practice, then the Tuition Payment for Medical School Students shall be reduced by the amount of any remaining over award.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § IV-2301

Promulgated by the Student Financial Assistance Commission, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 25:1460 (August 1999) amended LR 25:2177 (November 1999), repromulgated LR 27:1872 (November 2001), amended LR 31:40 (January 2005), Repromulgated by the Board of Regents, Office of Student Financial Assistance, LR 44570 (3/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:3041.10-3041.26.