Rule 195-20-.05 - Contract Provisions(1) The term of the contract will be two years with two renewals available of one year each, with a four year maximum.(2) Awards shall be in an amount determined by the Board at the annual meeting of the Board.(3) Completion of an annual questionnaire is required. Failure to submit required documents will eliminate eligibility for contract renewal.(4) Service credit will be applied for each year of practice in a Board-approved Georgia community or location.(5) Each loan repayment recipient is responsible for keeping the Board apprised of his/her current address and telephone number at all times. Failure to do so may result in cancellation of contract and request for payment in full.(6) The Board has the authority to cancel the contract of any recipient of a loan for cause deemed sufficient by the Board, provided that such authority is not arbitrarily or unreasonable exercised. Upon such cancellation by the Board, the recipient becomes liable for the sum of the following:(a) the total of the amount paid by the GPLRP to, or on behalf of, the participant for loan repayments for any period of obligated service not served; and(b) an amount equal to the number of months of obligated service not completed multiplied by $7,500; and(c) interest on the above amounts at the maximum legal prevailing rate, as determined by the treasurer of the United States, from the date of breach, except that the amount to recover will not be less than $31,000(d) the total amount owed is due within one year of the breach.(7) The Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce is vested with full and complete authority to bring an action in its own name against any applicant for any balance due the Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce on any such contract.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 195-20-.05
O.C.G.A. § 49-10-1.
Original Rule entitled "Contract Provisions" adopted. F. Apr. 18, 2017; eff. May 8, 2017.Repealed: New Rule of the same title adopted. F. Dec. 26, 2019; eff. Jan. 15, 2020.