Section 595.100  Eligibility

To be eligible to receive a loan under this program, an applicant must meet the eligibility criteria outlined in Section 5 of the Law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 144, par. 1405) which states that an applicant must:

a)         be a registered nurse;

b)         have had one year of permanent legal residence in Illinois;

c)         be enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program in professional nursing in an approved institution or present written assurance from an approved institution of being qualified for admission to the baccalaureate program in professional nursing; and

d)         Have financial resources such that, in the absence of scholarship aid, applicant will be deterred by financial considerations from completing the baccalaureate program in professional nursing at an approved institution.

(Source:  Amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 13746, effective August 10, 1993)