[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: 42CFR60.5]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 60--HEALTH EDUCATION ASSISTANCE LOAN PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--The Borrower
 
Sec. 60.5  Who is an eligible student borrower?


    To receive a HEAL loan, a student must satisfy the following 
requirements:
    (a) He or she must be a citizen, national, or lawful permanent 
resident of the United States, permanent resident of the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands (the Republic of Palau), the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa, or lawful permanent 
resident of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands or Guam;
    (b) He or she must be enrolled or accepted for enrollment at a HEAL 
school in a course of study that leads to one of the following degrees:

Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Doctor of Dentistry or equivalent degree
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or equivalent degree
Doctor of Optometry or equivalent degree
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine or equivalent degree
Bachelor or Master of Science in Pharmacy or equivalent degree
Graduate or equivalent degree in Public Health
Doctor of Chiropractic or equivalent degree
Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology
Masters or doctoral degree in Health Administration

    (c) He or she must be carrying or plan to carry, during the period 
for which the loan is intended, the normal work load of a full-time 
student, as determined by the school. The student's work load may 
include any combination of courses, work experience, research or special 
studies that the school considers sufficient to classify the student as 
full time.
    (d) If currently enrolled in school, he or she must be in good 
standing, as determined by the school.
    (e)(1) In the case of a pharmacy student, he or she must have 
satisfactorily completed 3 years of training toward the pharmacy degree. 
These 3 years of training may have been taken at the pharmacy school or 
at a different school whose credits are accepted on transfer by the 
pharmacy school.

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    (2) The Doctor of Pharmacy degree is considered to be an equivalent 
degree if it is taken in a school that does not require the Bachelor or 
Master of Science in pharmacy as a prerequisite for the Doctor of 
Pharmacy degree.
    (f) In the case of a medical, dental or osteopathic student enrolled 
in a 6-year program that the student may enter directly from secondary 
school, the student must be enrolled in the last 4 years of the program.
    (g) He or she must agree that all funds received under the proposed 
loan will be used solely for tuition, other reasonable educational 
expenses, including fees, books, supplies and equipment, and laboratory 
expenses, reasonable living expenses, reasonable transportation costs 
(only to the extent that they are directly related to the borrower's 
education), and the HEAL insurance premium.
    (h) He or she must require the loan to pursue the course of study at 
the school. This determination of the maximum amount of the loan will be 
made by the school, applying the considerations in Sec. 60.51(f).
    (i) If required under section 3 of the Military Selective Service 
Act to present himself for and submit to registration under such 
section, he must have presented himself and submitted to registration 
under such section.

[48 FR 38988, Aug. 26, 1983, as amended at 51 FR 30644, Aug. 28, 1986; 
52 FR 745, Jan. 8, 1987; 57 FR 28793, June 29, 1992]