c) If the scholarship recipient is disabled or is otherwise unable for reasons beyond the recipient's control to fulfill the scholarship obligations, these obligations shall be suspended until the scholarship recipient is able to resume the scholarship obligations. However, the suspension shall not exceed two years.

1. 1) To request a suspension of the scholarship obligation, a recipient shall submit a suspension request in writing to the Department. This request shall detail the reasons for the suspension and, if temporary, the duration of the suspension and shall be supported by clear and convincing documentation.
2. 2) The Department shall approve a request for a suspension if the request is supported by a letter from the recipient's licensed physician fully explaining and attesting to the recipient's inability (either temporarily or permanently) to continue either school or the practice of psychiatric medicine and if the recipient agrees not to continue either his or her medical education or the practice of psychiatric medicine in any state.
3. 3) If a scholarship recipient suffers total and permanent disability, is adjudicated as incompetent, or dies, the recipient shall be discharged from all obligations to the Department in connection with the Act and this Part.
4. 4) If the Department denies the suspension request, the recipient shall fulfill the scholarship obligation.
5. 5) Based on the information contained in the request, the Department's acceptance or denial of the request will be provided in writing, under the Director's signature.