(a) Breach by sponsor.
(1) A sponsor shall be in breach of contract if the
sponsor:
(A) fails to provide 50% of the student's costs of
attendance as determined by the academic institution for the duration
of the student's agreed upon health care academic program;
(B) fails to provide a full-time employment or practice
opportunity for the student as a health care professional for which
sponsored upon the student's certification or licensure; or
(C) fails to meet any of the conditions of the contract
or this division.
(2) If the sponsor is found to be in breach of contract,
the department may require any or all of the following:
(A) forfeiture of all claim to funds forwarded to the
student;
(B) cancellation of the student's obligated period
of service; and
(C) forfeiture of an opportunity to sponsor a student
in the future.
(3) In the event of a sponsor breach of contract, the
student may obtain alternative sponsorship, employment or practice
opportunity in another rural community where loan forgiveness may
be granted. In such an event, the original sponsor may not seek reimbursement
from the student, another rural community sponsor, or the department.
(b) Breach by student.
(1) The student shall be in breach of contract if the
student:
(A) fails to maintain satisfactory academic progress
according to the academic institution the student attends except that
one academic term of grace will may be extended to the student if
the student is placed on scholastic probation;
(B) fails to attain satisfactory academic progress
following an academic term of scholastic probation;
(C) voluntarily withdraws from or terminates enrollment
in the agreed upon academic program or institution before completion
of the agreed upon academic program;
(D) fails to complete the academic program according
to the degree plan;
(E) ceases to be enrolled full-time in an academic
program which requires full-time enrollment;
(F) fails to begin or complete the required practicum,
internship or residency;
(G) fails to begin the obligated period of service
within 60 days of attaining certification or licensure, or within
60 days of completing a residency program in the case of medical students;
(H) fails to complete the obligated period of service;
or
(I) fails to meet any of the conditions of the contract
or this division.
(2) Repeated reduction of credit hours during the course
of the academic program may constitute breach of contract and the
student may be removed from the ORSRP.
(3) The selection committee may unilaterally recommend
removal of a student from the program if the student is not maintaining
satisfactory academic progress to attain the prescribed degree.
(4) A student must sit for the first certification
or licensure examination for which eligible upon completion of the
academic program. If certification or licensure is delayed because
of failure to pass the examination, the student shall retake it the
next time the student is eligible to do so. If the student fails to
become certified or licensed after the second attempt, the student
shall be in breach of contract.
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