672 - Regents professional education in medicine or dentistry scholarships.

§ 672. Regents   professional   education  in  medicine  or  dentistry  scholarships.    1.  Number  and  certification.  One  hundred   regents  professional  education  in  medicine or dentistry scholarships shall be  awarded each year. Such scholarships shall be allocated as  provided  in  article  thirteen  to eligible students as certified to the president by  the commissioner.    2. Duration. 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 the amount  of one thousand dollars, but if the income exceeds  one  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar  for each eight dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except  that  in  no  event  shall  the award be less than three hundred fifty dollars. If  the annual amount of tuition and educational fees payable by the student  is more than three hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the  amount of such tuition and fees.    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.