[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR60.5]



[Page 319-320]

 

                         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



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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.

    (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]