R434-40-6. Loan Repayment Grant Administration

  (1) The Department may award loan repayment grants to repay loans taken for geriatric professionals' and health care professionals' educational expenses. The Department may consider committee recommendations in awarding loan repayment grants.

  (2) As requested by the Department, a loan repayment grant recipient shall provide information reasonably necessary for administration of the program.

  (3) The Department shall determine the total amount of the loan repayment grant.

  (4) The loan repayment grant recipient may not enter into any other similar contract until the recipient satisfies the service obligation described in the grant agreement.

  (5) The Department may approve payment to a loan repayment grant recipient for increased federal, state, and local taxes caused by receipt of the loan repayment grant.

  (6) The Department shall not pay for an educational loan of a loan repayment grant applicant who is in default at the time of an application.

  (7) Before receiving a loan repayment grant, the applicant must enter into a grant agreement with the Department that binds him to the terms of the program.

  (8) A loan repayment grant recipient must have a permanent, unrestricted license to practice in his health care specialty in Utah before his first day of service under the grant agreement.

  (9) Prior to beginning to fulfill his service obligation, a loan repayment grant recipient must obtain approval from the Department, of the site where he may complete his service obligation.

  (10) A loan repayment grant recipient must obtain approval from the Department prior to changing the approved site where he fulfills his service obligation.