{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-62.29","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 62.29","heading":"Under what circumstances can the Loan Repayment Program obligation be discharged in bankruptcy?","body":"Any payment obligation incurred under § 62.27 of this subpart may be released by a discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 of the United States Code only if such discharge is granted after the expiration of the five-year period beginning on the first date that payment was required, and only if the bankruptcy court finds that nondischarge of the obligation would be unconscionable.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER E—FELLOWSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, TRAINING","PART 62—NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS","Subpart B—National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"526f7e92f061c8fbd08ff9dca3d5e376adc90580e0e8c2bdb7b880ef2d1cde9b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-62.28","next":"us/42-cfr-62.30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}