Oklahoma § 70-697.17 - Nursing Student Assistance Program
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 70-697.17 — Nursing Student Assistance Program, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 70-697.17. Nursing Student Assistance Program
A. There is hereby established the Nursing Student Assistance
Program which shall be administered by the Health Care Workforce
Training Commission. The purpose of the program shall be to
encourage persons to enter nursing education programs and to
practice in areas of this state in which there is an urgent need for
nursing services or in institutions or agencies of this state which
provide funds on a matching basis with the Health Care Workforce
Training Commission for the support of nursing students. The
Nursing Student Assistance Program shall be administered by rules
adopted by the Health Care Workforce Training Commission.
B. Only students who are residents of this state shall be
eligible to participate in the Nursing Student Assistance Program.
C. If a person receiving Nursing Student Assistance Program
funds fails to fully comply with the provisions of the contract for
the funds, the person shall refund to the Health Care Workforce
Training Commission all monies received by the person pursuant to
the provisions of the contract plus a one-time liquidated damages
assessment of five percent (5%) of the total amount dispersed to the
person in lieu of interest. The Commission shall prorate the amount
to be repaid in the event the obligation was partially fulfilled.
D. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission to be
designated the "Nursing Student Assistance Fund". The fund shall be
a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
consist of all nonappropriated monies, including community match
money of appropriated funds, grants, gifts, and repayment of
scholarships received by the Health Care Workforce Training
Commission. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are
hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the Health
Care Workforce Training Commission for such scholarships as may be
provided for pursuant to the Nursing Student Assistance Program.
Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warrants issued by the
State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by law with the
Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services for
approval and payment.
Added by Laws 1984, c. 260, § 13, operative July 1, 1984. Amended
by Laws 2012, c. 304, § 619; Laws 2018, c. 286, § 7, eff. Nov. 1,
2018; Laws 2022, c. 407, § 29.
NOTE: In accordance with Article VI, Section 11, of the Oklahoma
Constitution, House Bill 2776 became law without the Governor's
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signature.
27, 2022.
It was filed with the Oklahoma Secretary of State on May
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Section 70-697.17 ("Nursing Student Assistance Program") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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