N.Y. Education Law § 673: Regents physician shortage scholarships

§ 673. Regents physician shortage scholarships. 1. Number and

certification. At least thirty percent of the total scholarships

awarded each year under the provisions of section six hundred

seventy-two shall be awarded to eligible students certified to the

president by the commissioner.

2. Duration. Each 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 amounts

provided in this subdivision. The academic year award shall be four

thousand dollars, but if the family income of an applicant exceeds six

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

for each four dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except that in no

event shall the award be less than one thousand dollars.

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.