§ 16-47-77 — Board of Dental Scholarship and Loan Awards - Powers and Duties

(a) The Board of Dental Scholarship and Loan Awards may adopt reasonable rules not inconsistent with the laws of this state as may be necessary for the regulation of its proceedings and for the discharge of the duties imposed on it.
(b) The board shall receive and review all applications for scholarships and loans, shall make a careful and thorough investigation of the ability, character, and qualifications of each applicant, and shall be responsible for the further administration of the scholarships and loans, subject to the provisions of this article.
(c) The board shall annually calculate by geographic area a Dental Shortage Index by dividing the number of practicing dentists needed to meet the minimum number according to the federal standard used to determine Dental Health Care Professional Shortage Areas by the recommended minimum number of dentists for that geographic area.
(d)(1) Annually, on or before the first day of December, the board shall file a report on the condition, performance, and accomplishments of the awards programs to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the chairs of the House and Senate Health Committees, the chairs of the Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation-Education and the House Ways and Means-Education Committee, the Deputy Director of the Legislative Services Agency-Fiscal Division, and the Finance Director.
(2) The board shall work with the Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services to develop, track, and collect the data and information necessary for the report.
(e) Any appropriation made to the Board of Dental Scholarship and Loan Awards or otherwise received by the board remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall remain with the board and shall not revert to any other fund.

Legislative History

(Acts 1977, No. 662, p. 1121, §3; Act 2016-261, p. 641, §1; Act 2022-389, §1.)