261.71 - CHIROPRACTIC GRADUATE STUDENT FORGIVABLE LOANS. - Iowa Statutes

261.71 CHIROPRACTIC GRADUATE STUDENT FORGIVABLE LOANS. 1. A chiropractic graduate student forgivable loan program is established, to be administered by the college student aid commission for resident graduate students who are enrolled at Iowa chiropractic colleges and universities. A resident graduate student attending an Iowa chiropractic college or university is eligible for loan forgiveness under the program if the student meets all of the following conditions: a. The student graduates from an Iowa chiropractic college or university that meets the requirements for approval under section 151.4. b. The student has completed a chiropractic residency program. c. The student agrees to practice in an underserved area in the state of Iowa for a period of time to be determined by the commission at the time the loan is awarded. d. The student has received a loan from moneys appropriated to the college student aid commission for this program. 2. The contract for the loan repayment shall stipulate the time period the chiropractor shall practice in an underserved area in this state. In addition, the contract shall stipulate that the chiropractor repay any funds paid on the chiropractor's loan by the commission if the chiropractor fails to practice in an underserved area in this state for the required period of time. Forgivable loans made to eligible students shall not become due, for repayment purposes, until one year after the student has graduated. A loan that has not been forgiven may be sold to a bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or nonprofit agency eligible to participate in the guaranteed student loan program under the federal Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. § 1071 et seq., by the commission when the loan becomes due for repayment. 3. For purposes of this section "graduate student" means a student who has completed at least ninety semester hours, or the trimester or quarter equivalent, of postsecondary course work at a public higher education institution or at an accredited private institution, as defined under section 261.9. "Underserved area" means a geographical area included on the Iowa governor's health practitioner shortage area list, which is compiled by the center for rural health and primary care of the Iowa department of public health. The commission shall adopt rules, consistent with rules used for students enrolled in higher education institutions under the control of the state board of regents, for purposes of determining Iowa residency status of graduate students under this section. The commission shall also adopt rules which provide standards, guidelines, and procedures for the receipt, processing, and administration of student applications and loans under this section.          Section History: Recent Form 95 Acts, ch 218, § 23; 96 Acts, ch 1158, § 2, 3; 99 Acts, ch 205, §38, 39