(a) To be eligible for a scholarship under this chapter, an applicant must:
(1) Be accepted, or be enrolled, as a full-time student in a school or training institution, properly accredited by the appropriate accrediting authority, to prepare the applicant to provide health professional services in the state; and,
(2) Be pursuing, or planning to pursue, a course of study leading to a degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing or other health profession determined by the Office to be needed in medically underserved areas of the state; and,
(3) Be willing to commit to practice his or her profession, after graduation, for a specific period of time, in a medically underserved area in the state; and,
(4) Except in those instances where the applicant is applying for a scholarship under the Registered Nurse Education Program, be a member of a group listed as a demographically underrepresented group in section 97700.8; and,
(5) Be at least 18 years of age.
(b) A prospective health professions student need not be accepted by, or enrolled in, a health professions training program to apply for a scholarship. Evidence of acceptance will be required before a scholarship is awarded.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Section 128360, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 128345 and 128350, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 5-24-90 as an emergency; operative 5-24-90 (Register 90, No. 27). Section remains in effect pursuant to Education Code section 69801 unless amended or repealed by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
2. Change without regulatory effect amending Note filed 7-3-2017 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2017, No. 27).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 22, § 97730, 22 CA ADC § 97730
