42 CFR §68.5
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The following individuals are ineligible for NIH LRP participation:
- (a)Persons who do not meet the eligibility requirements as specified under § 68.3 of this part;
- (b)Any individual who has or had a Federal judgment lien against his/her property arising from Federal debt;
- (c)Persons who owe an obligation of health professional service to the Federal Government, a state, or other entity, unless deferrals or extensions are granted for the length of the service of their LRP contract. The following are examples of programs that have a service obligation:
- (1)Armed Forces (Army, Navy, or Air Force) Professions Scholarship Program,
- (2)Exceptional Financial Need (EFN) Scholarship Program,
- (3)Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions Students (FADHPS),
- (4)Indian Health Service (IHS) Scholarship Program,
- (5)National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program,
- (6)National Research Service Award (NRSA) Program, and/or Loan Repayment Programs, NURSE Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs,
- (7)NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP),
- (8)Physicians Shortage Area Scholarship Program,
- (9)Primary Care Loan (PCL) Program, and
- (10)Public Health Service Scholarship (PHS) Program;
- (d)For Extramural LRP only: Individuals who receive any salary support or participate in research that receives funding support from a for-profit institution or organization, or Federal Government employees working more than 20 hours per week;
- (e)Current recipients of NIH intramural training awards, e.g., NIH Intramural Research Training Awards (IRTA) or Cancer Research Training Awards (CRTA);
- (f)Individuals conducting research for which funding is precluded by Federal law, regulation, or HHS/NIH policy or that does not comply with applicable Federal, state, and local law regarding the conduct of the research (e.g., applicable human subject protection regulations);
- (g)Individuals with only ineligible loans or loans that are not educational; and
- (h)Individuals who do not have sufficient qualifying educational debt to meet the debt threshold.