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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 18A, EDUCATION
Chapter 71c: Administration by the authority.
Section: 18A:71c-60: Tuition reimbursement for certain psychiatrists.
2. a. There is established in the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority a tuition reimbursement program for psychiatrists who provide mental health care services in a State underserved area or in a State psychiatric hospital. The program shall provide reimbursement to program participants for a portion of the eligible tuition expenses incurred by the participant in attending medical school.
b. A program participant shall enter into a contract with the authority for a specified number of one-year periods of service, up to four years, in which the participant agrees to engage in the full-time practice of psychiatry in a State underserved area or in a State psychiatric hospital. The agreement shall specify the program participant's dates of required service and the total amount of reimbursement of eligible tuition expenses to be received by the participant in return for service.
c. The tuition reimbursement for a participant under the program shall equal 25 percent of the participant's eligible tuition expenses for the one academic year of medical school attendance in which tuition was the lowest, in return for each full year of service satisfactorily completed by the participant under the program. The total tuition reimbursement amount for a program participant, for four full years of service, shall not exceed 100 percent of the participant's eligible tuition expenses for the one academic year of medical school attendance in which tuition was the lowest.
L.2017, c.126, s.2.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2017-08-08 09:10:35.
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