Rule 195-11-.06 - Notification, Acceptance, and Payment Process for Initial Scholarship Awards(1) The Board staff shall notify each applicant in writing of the Board's decision within 10 business days following the Board's decision.(2) Successful applicants will be asked to accept or decline the award of a scholarship by signing and submitting an Acceptance Form within 10 business days of receiving notice of the award from the Board. Said Acceptance Form must be notarized and shall be incorporated as an addendum to the official contract.(3) Scholarship awards that are declined shall be automatically offered to the next applicant on the Board's rank order list. If no applicant is available on the rank order list, the Board shall approve unused scholarship funds to be allocated for the Physicians for Rural Areas Assistance Loan Repayment Program.(4) If the scholarship award is accepted, Board staff will contact the applicant's medical school to verify that the student has enrolled on a full-time basis.(5) Upon verification of enrollment, Board staff shall issue a scholarship contract to the scholarship recipient.(6) Board staff shall arrange for all valid and approved contracts to be executed by the Executive Director and Chairman of the Board. Such documents shall be notarized and the official seal of the Board affixed.(7) One of the two fully executed copies of the scholarship contract shall be returned to the scholarship recipient and one kept in the permanent records of the Georgia Board for Physician Workforce.(8) Board staff shall submit appropriate paperwork to the Department of Community Health within 10 business days of the execution of the scholarship contract requesting payment of the scholarship award.(9) The Board reserves the right to pay the student's tuition and fees directly to the medical school in which the recipient is enrolled, with the balance, if any, being paid directly to the scholarship recipient for books and other educational expenses.(10) The Board staff shall maintain appropriate records necessary to account for the expenditure of funds for the Scholarship Program.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 195-11-.06
O.C.G.A. Sec. 20-3-510et seq.
Original Rule entitled "Notification, Acceptance, and Payment Process for Initial Scholarship Awards" adopted. F. Nov. 27, 2012; eff. Dec. 17, 2012.Amended: F. Aug. 28, 2013; eff. Sept. 17, 2013.Amended: F. Jul. 29, 2014; eff. Aug. 18, 2014.