Section 593.230  Terms of Performance

a)         Each scholarship recipient shall sign a written contract.  The contract contains additional terms and conditions which ensure compliance with this Part, the laws of the State of Illinois, and enforcement of the contract.

b)         Scholarship recipients who fail to complete podiatric medical school due to academic failure, as documented by recipient's school, shall be discharged from all obligations.

c)         Scholarship recipients who fail to complete podiatric medical school due to voluntary actions on their part shall repay to the Department all scholarship monies. Repayment shall be made in such a manner as agreed to by the recipient and the Department in the recipient's contract.

d)         In the event the scholarship recipient is disabled or is otherwise unable for reasons beyond the recipient's control to perform the scholarship's obligations, these obligations shall be suspended until such time as the scholarship recipient is able to resume the scholarship obligations.  Such suspension shall be requested in writing by the scholarship recipient.  The Department's acceptance or denial of the suspension request will be provided in writing, under the Director's signature.  The Department shall accept a request for a suspension when supported by a letter from the recipient's physician attesting to the recipient's inability (either temporarily or permanently) to continue either school or the practice of podiatric medicine and the recipient's agreeing to not continue either his or her medical education or the practice of podiatric medicine in any state.

e)         Misrepresentation of the facts presented in the recipient's application shall be considered a breach of contract.  The recipient's school shall be notified to halt further disbursements of scholarship funds and all funds provided by the Department to the student shall be due in full, immediately.