[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR57.311]



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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 D_Nursing Student Loans

 

Sec.  57.311  Cancellation of nursing student loans for disability or death.



    (a) Permanent and total disability. The Secretary will cancel a 

borrower's indebtedness in accordance with section 836(b)(4) 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 borrower's indebtedness in 

accordance with section 836(b)(4) 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)



[50 FR 34434, Aug. 23, 1985, as amended at 56 FR 13772, Apr. 4, 1991]