Okla. Admin. Code § 540:30-5-2

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

Section 540:30-5-2 - Non-Matching Nursing Student Assistance Program

(a) State funds appropriated to the Nursing Student Assistance Program shall be used to grant scholarships under the Non-Matching Student Assistance Program. The maximum amounts that can be awarded are $750.00 per full-time semester for LPN program, $1,250 per full-time semester for an ADN program, $1,750.00 per full-time semester for the BSN program, and $2,500.00 per full-time semester (up to 4 years) for MSN/DNP/Ph.D. program.

(b) Scholarship recipients may carry out their service obligation by practicing full time as a licensed practical or registered nurse (excluding physician's offices, private duty practice, research or non-patient based facilities, industrial and summer camp nursing) as agreed to by contract or with Commission approval.

(c) Scholarship recipients may carry out their service obligation by teaching in an accredited/approved Oklahoma nursing school (provided other Oklahoma Board of Nursing faculty qualifications are met).

(d) Scholarship recipients who become nurse practitioners may carry out their service obligation by practicing full time as a nurse practitioner at any Oklahoma hospital, nursing home, state health facility, qualified rural health clinic, or hospital, private owned or leased rural physician clinic.

(e) In awarding grants for the Non-Matching Nursing Student Assistance Program, seventy percent of the designated monies may be earmarked for scholarship recipients who are deemed likely to return to a rural community to practice nursing.

Okla. Admin. Code § 540:30-5-2

Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1777, eff 5-11-98; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1199, eff 5-13-02

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 37, Issue 23, August 17, 2020, eff. 7/10/2020

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 38, Issue 23, August 16, 2021, eff. 8/26/2021