[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR57.211]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 57--GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TEACHING FACILITIES, EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND STUDENT LOANS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C--Health Professions Student Loans
 
Sec. 57.211  Cancellation of health professions students loans for disability or death.

    (a) Permanent and total disability. The Secretary will cancel a 
student borrower's indebtedness in accordance with section 722(d) of the 
Act if the borrower is found to be permanently and totally disabled on 
recommendation of the school and as supported by whatever medical 
certification the Secretary may require. A borrower is totally and 
permanently disabled if he or she is unable to engage in any substantial 
gainful activity because of a medically determinable impairment, which 
the Secretary expects to continue for a long time or to result in death.
    (b) Death. The Secretary will cancel a student borrower's 
indebtedness in accordance with section 722(d) of the Act upon the death 
of the borrower. The school to which the borrower was indebted must 
secure a certification of death or whatever official proof is conclusive 
under State law.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0915-0047)

[44 FR 29055, May 18, 1979, as amended at 56 FR 19293, Apr. 26, 1991; 61 
FR 6123, Feb. 16, 1996]