- (a) State funds appropriated to the Nursing Student Assistance Program shall be used to grant scholarships under the Non-Matching Student Assistance Program. The maximum amounts that can be awarded are $750.00 per full-time semester for LPN program, $1,250 per full-time semester for an ADN program, $1,750.00 per full-time semester for the BSN program, and $2,500.00 per full-time semester (up to 4 years) for MSN/DNP/Ph.D. program.
- (b) Scholarship recipients may carry out their service obligation by practicing full time as a licensed practical or registered nurse (excluding physician's offices, private duty practice, research or non-patient based facilities, industrial and summer camp nursing) as agreed to by contract or with Commission approval.
- (c) Scholarship recipients may carry out their service obligation by teaching in an accredited/approved Oklahoma nursing school (provided other Oklahoma Board of Nursing faculty qualifications are met).
- (d) Scholarship recipients who become nurse practitioners may carry out their service obligation by practicing full time as a nurse practitioner at any Oklahoma hospital, nursing home, state health facility, qualified rural health clinic, or hospital, private owned or leased rural physician clinic.
- (e) In awarding grants for the Non-Matching Nursing Student Assistance Program, seventy percent of the designated monies may be earmarked for scholarship recipients who are deemed likely to return to a rural community to practice nursing.
Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1777, eff 5-11-98
Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1199, eff 5-13-02
Amended at 38 Ok Reg 1437, eff 8-26-21