N.Y. Education Law § 672: Regents professional education in medicine or dentistry scholarships

§ 672. Regents professional education in medicine or dentistry

scholarships. 1. Number and certification. One hundred regents

professional education in medicine or dentistry scholarships shall be

awarded each year. Such scholarships shall be allocated as provided in

article thirteen to eligible students as certified to the president by

the commissioner.

2. Duration. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an award

for not more than four academic years while matriculated in an approved

program, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.

3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in the amount

of one thousand dollars, but if the income exceeds one thousand eight

hundred dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar

for each eight dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except that in

no event shall the award be less than three hundred fifty dollars. If

the annual amount of tuition and educational fees payable by the student

is more than three hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the

amount of such tuition and fees.

4. The provisions of this section shall only apply to any recipient

who receives his or her first award payment prior to the nineteen

hundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.