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Deferment is a delay in the start of a National Health Service
Corps (NHSC) service commitment granted upon a scholar's
request by the Associate Administrator, BCRS, for a
specified period of time to enter and complete an approved
post-degree advanced training program. For multi-year
programs, requests for deferment are reviewed annually,
and are granted in 1-year increments.
Full-Time
Enrollment to be eligible to receive scholarship
benefits, participants must be enrolled as full-time
students. Please be advised that any non-required
or unrelated courses will not count toward the
school's required hours in determining full-time
status.
Leave-of-Absence
is a period of approved absence from a course
of study granted to a student by his or her training
institution for medical, personal, and other reasons.
The leave-of-absence is usually granted for a period
of 1 year or less. When a leave-of-absence is
expected, a scholar is required to notify the NHSC Scholarship
Program immediately, in writing, and submit a letter
from the school approving the leave-of-absence and indicating
the start and end dates for the period of the absence.
Payment of all benefits are discontinued when a scholar
is on an approved leave-of-absence, and may be resumed
when the student returns full-time to the course of
study for which the scholarship was awarded.
Suspension
is a temporary status. The basis for
a suspension would be a medical condition or a personal
situation that:
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