16-47-123
Section 16-47-123 Board of Medical Scholarship Awards - Powers and duties. (a) The Board
of Medical Scholarship Awards shall make a careful and thorough investigation of the ability,
character, and qualifications of each applicant, and award scholarships and loans according
to the judgment of the board. Preference in granting loans shall be given to applicants who
sign agreements to practice in those areas in greatest need of medical service for periods
of time to be stipulated by the board. (b) The Board of Medical Scholarship Awards shall make
reasonable rules and regulations for implementing and administering this division. (Acts 1977,
No. 663, p. 1125, §§4, 10; Acts 1994, No. 94-103, p. 110, §1.)...
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34-22-61
Section 34-22-61 Powers and duties of board. (a) The Board of Optometric Scholarship
Awards shall have power and authority to make reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent
with the laws of this state, as may be necessary for the regulation of its proceedings and
for the discharge of the duties imposed upon it. The board shall receive and review all applications
for scholarship loans and awards; shall make a careful and thorough investigation of the ability
and character and qualifications of each applicant; and shall be responsible for the further
administration of the scholarship program subject to the provisions of this article. (b) Any
appropriation made to the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards or otherwise received by
the board remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall remain with the board and shall not
revert to any other fund. (Acts 1982, No. 82-460, p. 735, §3; Act 2012-476, p. 1319, §1.)...

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16-47-77
Section 16-47-77 Board of Dental Scholarship Awards - Powers and duties. The Board of
Dental Scholarship awards shall have power and authority to make reasonable rules and regulations
not inconsistent with the laws of this state as may be necessary for the regulation of its
proceedings and for the discharge of the duties imposed on it. The board shall receive and
review all applications for scholarship loans and awards, and for loans awarded under the
Alabama Dental Service Program, shall make a careful and thorough investigation of the ability,
character, and qualifications of each applicant, and shall be responsible for the further
administration of the scholarship loans and awards and of the program, subject to the provisions
of this article. Also, the board annually shall report on the condition and accomplishments
of the program to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, President Pro-Tem
of the Senate and the chairs of the House and Senate health committees. The...
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34-22-62
Section 34-22-62 Types of scholarships. The Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards shall
establish two types of scholarships as follows: (1) A number of loans not exceeding 25 percent
of the number of students enrolled in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
based on the economic need and scholastic ability of the applicant, in an amount not to exceed
the current annual cost of tuition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry,
shall be available to any bona fide resident of Alabama of good character who has been accepted
for matriculation by the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry. This subdivision
shall also apply to graduate students in vision science, at the discretion of the board. (2)
A number of nonrefundable merit scholarship awards not exceeding 25 percent of the number
of students enrolled in the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry in an
amount not to exceed the current annual cost of tuition...
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16-47-222
Section 16-47-222 Applications and awards; repayment of loans. (a) The board shall establish
and award, according to the judgment of the board, loans to provide for the training of qualified
applicants for admission or students in any accredited master's degree program for physician
assistant studies at a medical school or college. The board may permit eligible people to
apply for a loan under the Alabama Physician's Assistants Service Program in any scholastic
year and for any previously completed scholastic year. The board's awarding of loans shall
be done after consultation with the physician's assistant advisory committee of the Alabama
Board of Medical Examiners. (b) The board may award to an eligible person a loan or loans
totaling in value as much as the average in-state tuition and required fees charged at public
institutions in Alabama for completing on time a master's degree program for physician assistant
studies. But a loan or loans may be awarded only to people who have...
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16-47-78
Section 16-47-78 Types of scholarships; disposition of funds; operation of programs.
(a) The board shall establish four types of scholarships as follows: (1) A number of loans
equal to 20 percent of the number of students enrolled in the University of Alabama School
of Dentistry, based on the economic need and scholastic ability of the applicant, in an amount
not to exceed the annual tuition per annum or four times that amount over a four-year period,
shall be available to any bona fide resident of Alabama of good character who has been accepted
for matriculation by the University of Alabama School of Dentistry or any other educational
institution accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association.
This section shall also apply to graduate students at the discretion of the board.
(2) A number of nonrefundable merit scholarship awards equal in number to five percent of
the number of students enrolled in the University of Alabama School of Dentistry,...
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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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16-47-126.1
Section 16-47-126.1 Award contracts in force prior to February 14, 1994 may continue;
option available to re-contract under new provisions; additional board powers. Individuals
who have entered into contracts with the Board of Medical Scholarship Awards prior to February
14, 1994 shall be entitled to continue to receive the loans or merit scholarship, or both,
in the amounts specified in the contract. Repayment shall be in accordance with the terms
of the contract. These individuals shall have the option to terminate an existing contract
and enter into a new contract under the provisions of this division. The board shall prescribe
in regulations the repayment obligations of any individual who receives loans in less than
the full amount authorized by the board or who terminates an existing contract and enters
into new contracts under this division. The board may, in its discretion, excuse repayment
of a loan, in whole or in part, based upon the disability or other extreme hardship not...

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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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16-47-126
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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