[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: 42CFR68a.9]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 68a--NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) CLINICAL RESEARCH LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS (CR-LRP)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 68a.9  What loans qualify for repayment?

    (a) The CR-LRP will repay participants' lenders the principal, 
interest, and related expenses of qualified Government and commercial 
educational loans obtained by participants for the following:
    (1) Undergraduate, graduate, and health professional school tuition 
expenses;
    (2) Other reasonable educational expenses required by the school(s) 
attended, including fees, books, supplies, educational equipment and 
materials, and laboratory expenses; and
    (3) Reasonable living expenses, including the cost of room and 
board, transportation and commuting costs, and other living expenses as 
determined by the Secretary.
    (b) The following educational loans are ineligible for repayment 
under the CR-LRP:
    (1) Loans obtained from other than a government entity or commercial 
lending institution;
    (2) Loans for which contemporaneous documentation is not available;
    (3) Loans or portions of loans obtained for educational or living 
expenses which exceed the standard of reasonableness as determined by 
the participant's standard school budget for the year in which the loan 
was made, and are not determined by the Secretary to be reasonable based 
on additional documentation provided by the individual;
    (4) Loans, financial debts, or service obligations incurred under 
the following programs: Physicians Shortage Area Scholarship Program 
(Federal or State), National Research Service Award Program, Public 
Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training Program, 
National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, Armed Forces (Army, 
Navy, or Air Force) Health Professions Scholarship Program, Indian 
Health Service Program, and similar programs, upon determination by the 
Secretary, which provide loans, scholarships, loan repayments, or other 
awards in exchange for a future service obligation;
    (5) Any loan in default or not in a current payment status;
    (6) Loan amounts which participants have paid or were due to have 
paid prior to the program eligibility date; and
    (7) Loans for which promissory notes have been signed after the 
program eligibility date.