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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34-21-96
Section 34-21-96 Awarding of loans and terms of repayment. (a)(1) 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 accredited nursing education programs approved by the board who are pursuing, or have completed within the five years immediately preceding the current loan term, a graduate degree to become a certified registered nurse practitioner (CRNP), a certified nurse midwife (CNM), or a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), but only for people who have signed contracts as provided in subsection (b). The board may permit eligible people to apply for a loan under the Alabama Loan-Repayment Program for Advanced-Practice Nursing in any scholastic year and for any previously completed scholastic year. (2) The board may award to an eligible person, for as many as three years for a person pursuing or holding an eligible master's degree and as many as four years for a...
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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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16-22-9
Section 16-22-9 Educational authority sick leave bank plans. (a) The following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively: (1) CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS. Any illness, injury, or pregnancy or medical condition related to childbirth, certified by a licensed physician which causes the employee to be absent from work for an extended period of time. (2) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The superintendent of any public county or city school system; the President of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind; the president of any two-year school or college under the auspices of the State Board of Education; the President of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University; the Superintendent of the Department of Youth Services School District; the Executive Director of the Alabama School of Fine Arts; and the Executive Director of the Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science. (3) EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITY or AUTHORITY or BOARD. Each city and county board of education; the Board of Trustees of the...
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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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16-47-121
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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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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34-22-65
Section 34-22-65 Localities in need of optometrists. Any incorporated or unincorporated municipality or locality in the state having a population of less than 100,000 desiring additional optometrists and wishing to be designated as a locality needing additional optometrists, may apply to the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards to be placed on a list of localities in need of additional optometrists, which list shall be maintained by the board. Such application may be made either by the municipal governing body or by a petition signed by at least one-twentieth of the qualified electors of the municipality or locality. If the Board of Optometric Scholarship Awards determines that such locality is in need of optometrists, it shall place the locality on the list of localities in need of optometrists from which recipients of scholarship awards may upon graduation select an area in which to practice. In compiling and maintaining the list, the board may place any locality thereon which in...
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16-47-76
Section 16-47-76 Board of Dental Scholarship Awards creation; establishment of scholarships; composition of board. There is hereby created and established a board to be known as the Board of Dental Scholarship Awards, which shall be authorized and required to establish scholarships to provide for and further dental training, in pursuance of a dental degree, of qualified applicants for admission to the University of Alabama School of Dentistry or any other dental school accredited by the Council on Dental Education of the American Dental Association. The board shall give first priority to Alabama students who will attend dental school in Alabama. The board also shall establish the Alabama Dental Service Program as set out in Sections 16-47-77 through 16-47-81. The board shall also establish the Rural Dental Health Scholars Program for the purpose of awarding scholarships to high school students who are interested in the practice of dentistry in rural areas. Also, the board shall...
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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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