Each agreement between a sponsor and the recipient of a Kansas nursing student scholarship shall: (a) Be consistent with the requirements of the Kansas nursing student scholarship program;

1. (b) require the scholarship recipient to exhaust institutional policies for degree completion in an effort to satisfy the requirements for graduation from a school of nursing;
2. (c) require the scholarship recipient to take the Kansas nursing board examination for licensure a minimum of three consecutive times in an effort to successfully complete the examination and satisfy all requirements for a permanent license to practice nursing in Kansas;
3. (d) require one year of full-time employment by the scholarship recipient as a condition to the receipt of each annual scholarship award;
4. (e) permit the scholarship recipient to use up to one year of full-time employment in an unlicensed job classification performed for sponsor while the scholarship recipient is seeking to meet the qualifications for nursing licensure as credit in meeting employment responsibilities;
5. (f) provide that the agreement between the sponsor and the scholarship recipient will be renewed on an annual basis for qualified recipients until satisfaction of the requirements for graduation from a school of nursing; and
6. (g) provide that upon the failure of the scholarship recipient to engage in the full-time practice of nursing in Kansas for the required period of time, repayment of assistance may be in installment payments sufficient to allow full repayment within 5 years.

(Authorized by L. 1989, Ch. 223, Sec. 7; implementing L. 1989, Ch. 223, Sec. 6-7; effective March 19, 1990.)