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Interest does not begin to accrue until the loan | recipient completes dental education. |
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| (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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| | 6.__Default.__A loan recipient who agrees to practice: |
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| 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; |
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| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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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