16-47-121
Section 16-47-121 Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Created; authorization to issue
scholarships; agreements with loan recipients. There is hereby created a Board of Medical
Scholarship Awards, which shall establish scholarships and loans to provide for the medical
training of qualified applicants for admission, or students in, the University of Alabama
School of Medicine or the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, or any other accredited
or provisionally accredited school of medicine in Alabama. The recipients of loan awards shall
enter into a valid agreement with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards to practice the
profession of medicine in those areas and localities of Alabama as may be determined by the
board for a number of years to be stipulated in the agreement. (Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125,
§1; Acts 1994, No. 94-103, p. 110, §1.)...
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16-47-127
Section 16-47-127 Agreement by recipients to practice in certain areas; immediate liability
upon default; penalty provisions; proceedings for recovery of amount due; death, disability
may excuse repayment. (a) Each recipient of a loan under this division shall enter into an
agreement with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards whereby the recipient agrees to practice
in an area as defined in Section 16-47-126. In the event of a default or other breach
of contract by the recipient of loans provided under this division, or other termination of
contract prior to the completion of the period of medical education and training, the individual
shall be liable for immediate repayment of the total principal loan amount plus interest at
the rate of eight percent accruing from the date of default or termination and an additional
penalty as specified: (1) For default or termination of a loan for one scholastic year, a
penalty equal to 20 percent of the total principal amount of the loan. (2) For...
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16-47-124
Section 16-47-124 Types of awards. There shall be two types of awards as follows: (1)
LOANS. A number of loans equal in number to 20 percent of the student body of the medical
schools in the State of Alabama, each in an amount of up to the average cost of tuition, fees,
and living expenses, as set forth in the current catalogs of the University of Alabama School
of Medicine or the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, for the year of each enrollment.
These loans shall be available to any resident of Alabama of good character who has been accepted
for matriculation by one of the medical schools of Alabama preference being given to those
applicants who can show an economic need, and who commit in writing to practice in a rural
area in a generalists specialty as determined by the board. The board may, in its discretion,
permit students to apply for a loan under this subdivision in any scholastic year and for
any previously completed scholastic year of medical education. These...
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16-47-128
Section 16-47-128 Failure of recipient to perform loan agreement grounds for revocation
of medical license; revocation proceedings. The failure of a recipient of a loan to perform
his or her agreement with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards or to pay the amount he
or she is liable for under this division shall constitute a ground for the revocation of his
or her license to practice medicine. The proceedings to have the physician's license revoked
shall be commenced upon the written complaint of the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards to
the State Board of Medical Examiners. The proceedings shall be in accordance with Sections
34-24-310 to 34-24-381, inclusive, for the imposition of disciplinary sanctions on a license
to practice medicine in this state. (Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125, §9; Acts 1994, No. 94-103,
p. 110, §1.)...
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16-47-80
Section 16-47-80 Contractual agreement of recipients; penalties for breach. (a) Each
recipient of a scholarship loan under the provisions of this article shall enter into a contract
with the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards whereby he or she agrees to repay the scholarship
loan in a manner prescribed by the board not inconsistent with any provision of this article.
Breach of contract by the recipient shall make him or her immediately liable for the unpaid
balance of the loan and shall constitute a ground for the revocation of his or her certificate
or license to practice dentistry in the State of Alabama. In the event of death or total and
permanent disability of the recipient to engage in the practice of dentistry, repayment of
the loan may be excused by the board. The Attorney General of Alabama, upon request of the
Board of Dental Scholarship Awards, shall institute proceedings in the name of the state for
the purpose of recovering any amount due the state under the provisions of...
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34-22-64
Section 34-22-64 Contractual agreement of recipients; penalties for breach; institution
of legal proceedings. Each recipient of a scholarship loan under the provisions of this article
shall enter into a contract with the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards whereby he/she
agrees to repay the scholarship loan in a manner prescribed by the board not inconsistent
with any provisions of this article. Breach of contract by the recipient shall make him/her
immediately liable for the unpaid balance of the loan and shall constitute a ground for the
revocation of his/her certificate or license to practice optometry in the State of Alabama.
In the event of death or total and permanent disability of the recipient to engage in the
practice of optometry, repayment of the loan may be excused by the board. The Attorney General
of Alabama, upon request of the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards, shall institute proceedings
in the name of the state for the purpose of recovering any amount due the...
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16-47-122
Section 16-47-122 Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Composition; terms of members;
chairman. (a) The Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall be composed of three members of
the Board of Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, the Executive Officer
of the State Board of Health, the dean of each school of medicine in Alabama or his designee,
the chairman of the admissions committee of each school of medicine in Alabama and two members
appointed by the Governor for four-year terms, one of whom shall be a member of the State
of Alabama Senate and the other a member of the State of Alabama House of Representatives.
The terms of the legislative members shall be concurrent with their legislative terms. (b)
The Chairman of the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall be a member of the Board of
Censors of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. (Acts 1977, No. 663, p. 1125,
§§2, 3.)...
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16-47-126
Section 16-47-126 Repayment of loans by performing certain services. The loan or any
part thereof shall be repaid by engaging in full-time clinical practice, as defined in the
regulations of the board, in one of the following ways, in accordance with a contract approved
by the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards: (1) Practice for a period equal to one year of
practice for each year the individual received a loan in a community of less than 5,000 population
which is in an area within Alabama identified by the board as medically underserved. (2) Practice
for a period equal to one and one-fourth years of practice for each year the individual received
a loan in a community of more than 5,000 population and less than 15,000 population which
is in an area within Alabama identified by the board as medically underserved. (3) Practice
for a period equal to one and one-half years of practice for each year the individual received
a loan in a community of more than 15,000 but less than 50,000...
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16-47-79
Section 16-47-79 Repayment of loans. (a) Scholarships extended under subdivisions (1)
and (3) of subsection (a) of Section 16-47-78 shall be repaid following graduation
either in cash as is provided under subsection (b) or under the terms of a contract to serve
in a needy area in Alabama for a term to be specified by the board as provided in subsection
(c). Any moneys received from recipients in repayment of a scholarship loan under subsections
(b) and (c) shall upon receipt thereof be retained by the Board of Scholarship Awards to be
used for funding of future scholarships. The board shall establish a separate fund for these
purposes. (b) Scholarship loans to be repaid under this subsection shall be repaid to the
Board of Dental Scholarship Awards in full at an interest rate of six percent per annum from
the date of graduation from dental school. Payments are to be made annually, the first of
which is due one year after the recipient enters the practice of dentistry or one year after...

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16-47-220
Section 16-47-220 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following words
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AREA
OF CRITICAL NEED. An area with a critical need for more physician's assistants, as determined
by the board, where participants may work to repay loans received under the program. (2) BOARD.
The Alabama Board of Medical Scholarship Awards created in Section 16-47-121. (3) PARTICIPANT.
Any person awarded a loan under the program. (4) PROGRAM. The Alabama Physician's Assistants
Service Program. (Act 2016-318, §1.)...
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