- (1) The department may award a loan repayment grant to repay a recipient's eligible bona fide loans.
- (2) As outlined 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 assistance for a recipient.
- (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 may not approve an award for an educational loan of a loan repayment grant to an applicant who is in default on a loan when submitting an application.
- (7) An applicant must enter into a grant agreement with the department that binds the applicant to the terms of the program before the applicant receives a loan repayment grant.
- (8) A loan repayment grant recipient shall have and maintain an unrestricted license to practice in the recipient's health care specialty in the state before the recipient's first day of service under the grant agreement.
- (9) A loan repayment grant recipient must obtain department approval of a site before beginning the service obligation at that approved site.
- (10) A loan repayment grant recipient must obtain department approval before any change of an approved site where the recipient fulfills the service obligation.
KEY: medically underserved, grants, scholarships, Utah Health Care Workforce Advisory Committee
Date of Last Change: July 1, 2025
Notice of Continuation: May 6, 2024
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-1-202; 26B-4-702