§ 672 — Regents professional education in medicine or dentistry scholarships

§ 672. Regents professional education in medicine or dentistry\nscholarships. 1. Number and certification. One hundred regents\nprofessional education in medicine or dentistry scholarships shall be\nawarded each year. Such scholarships shall be allocated as provided in\narticle thirteen to eligible students as certified to the president by\nthe commissioner.\n 2. Duration. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an award\nfor not more than four academic years while matriculated in an approved\nprogram, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.\n 3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in the amount\nof one thousand dollars, but if the income exceeds one thousand eight\nhundred dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar\nfor each eight dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except that in\nno event shall the award be less than three hundred fifty dollars. If\nthe annual amount of tuition and educational fees payable by the student\nis more than three hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the\namount of such tuition and fees.\n 4. The provisions of this section shall only apply to any recipient\nwho receives his or her first award payment prior to the nineteen\nhundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.\n