§ 673 — Regents physician shortage scholarships

§ 673. Regents physician shortage scholarships. 1. Number and\ncertification. At least thirty percent of the total scholarships\nawarded each year under the provisions of section six hundred\nseventy-two shall be awarded to eligible students certified to the\npresident by the commissioner.\n 2. Duration. Each such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an\naward for not more than four academic years while matriculated in an\napproved program, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article\nthirteen.\n 3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in amounts\nprovided in this subdivision. The academic year award shall be four\nthousand dollars, but if the family income of an applicant exceeds six\nthousand dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar\nfor each four dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except that in no\nevent shall the award be less than one thousand dollars.\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