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[84 STAT. 1350]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1350]

1350 Limitation.

PUBLIC LAW 91.519-NOV. 2, 1970

[84 STAT.

« Qy^ ^]^^ rpj^^ total of the loans for any academic year (or its equivalent, as determined under regulations of the Secretary) made by agencies, institutions or organizations from loan funds established pursuant to agreements under this section may not exceed $1,500 in the case of any student. The aggregate of the loans for all years from such funds may not exceed $6,000 in the case of any student. Terms and con"(^2) Loaus from any such student loan fund by any agency, ditions institution or organization shall be made on such terms and conditions as it may determine; subject, however, to such conditions, limitations, and requirements as the Secretary may prescribe (by regulation or in the agreement with the agency, institution, or organization) with a view to preventing impairment of the capital of such fund to the maximum extent practicable in the light of the objective of enabling the student to complete his course of study; and except that— " (A) such loan may be made only to a student who (i) is in need of the amount of the loan to pursue a part-time or full-time course of study at the agency, institution, or organization, and (ii) is capable, in the opinion of the agency, institution, or organization, of maintaining good standing in such course of study; Repayment. " (B) such loau shallTOrepayable in equal or graduated periodic installments (with the right of the borrower to accelerate repayment) over the ten-year period which begins one year after the student ceases to pursue a part-time or full-time course of study in a program for the training or retraining of personnel in the allied health professions at an agency, institution, or organization approved by the Secretary, excluding from such ten-year period all (i) periods (up to three years) of (I) active duty performed by the borrower as a member of a uniformed service, oo fl^n ocm ^^ (^^) sGrvicc as a volunteer under the Peace Corps Act, and (ii) 22 USC 2501 periods (up to five years) during which the borrower is pursuing note a full-time course of study at a school leading to a baccalaureate or associate degree or the equivalent of either or to a higher degree in one of the allied health professions; " (C) not to exceed 50 per centum of any such loan (plus interest) shall be canceled for full-time employment in any of the allied health professions (including teaching any such profession or service as an administrator, supervisor, or specialist in any such profession) in any public or private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization, or m a rural area with an individual practitioner of medicine or dentistry if such service is approved by a local county health department or its equivalent at the rate of 10 per centum of the amount of such loan plus interest thereon, which was unpaid on the first day of such service, for each complete year of such service, except that such rate shall be 15 per centum for each complete year of service in such a profession in a public or other nonprofit hospital, other health service facility or health agency which is determined, in accordance with regulations of the Secretary, to have a substantial shortage of persons rendering service in such profession, and for purposes of any cancellation at such higher rate, an amount equal to an additional 50 per centum of the total amount of such loans plus interest may be canceled; " (D) the liability to repay the unpaid balance of such loan and accrued interest thereon shall be canceled upon the death of the borrower, or if the Secretary determines that he has become permanently and totally disabled; Interest rate. " (E) such a loan shall bear interest on the unpaid balance of the loan, computed only for periods during which the loan is repayable, at the rate of 3 per centum per annum,•