LD 1965
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Interest does not begin to accrue until the loan
recipient completes dental education.

 
(2)__A loan recipient who, upon conclusion of the
recipient's professional education, including any
fellowships, elects to serve as a practitioner of
dental medicine in an underserved area is forgiven 25%
of the original outstanding indebtedness for each year
of that practice.

 
B.__Loans must be repaid over a term no longer than 10
years, except that the chief executive officer may extend an
individual's term as necessary to ensure repayment of the
loan.__Repayment must commence when the loan recipient
completes, withdraws from or otherwise fails to continue
dental education.

 
C.__A loan recipient serving an underserved population or
area pursuant to paragraph A, subparagraph (2) must serve
all patients regardless of ability to pay insurance or
payment source.

 
6.__Default.__A loan recipient who agrees to practice:

 
A.__For 2 years in an underserved area and for any reason
fails to complete the period of obligated service is liable
to the authority for an amount equal to the sum of the total
amount paid by or on behalf of the authority to or on behalf
of the recipient under the contract and an amount equal to
the unserved obligation penalty;

 
B.__For more than 2 years in an underserved area and for any
reason fails to complete at least 2 years of the period of
obligated service is liable to the authority for an amount
equal to the unserved obligation penalty; and

 
C.__For more than 2 years in an underserved area and for any
reason fails to complete the period of obligated service
after completing at least 2 years of obligated service is
liable to the authority for an amount equal to the sum of
the total amounts paid by the authority to or on behalf of
the loan recipient under the contract for any period of
obligated service not served and $10,000, if the loan
recipient fails to give the authority at least one year's
prior notice of intention to breach the contract.

 
For purposes of this subsection, the unserved obligation penalty
is an amount equal to the number of months of obligated service
that were not completed by the loan recipient multiplied by
$1,000, except that if the loan recipient fails to complete one


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