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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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