R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 780: BURSARIES AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR HEALTH STUDY

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Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act

R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 780

Amended to O. Reg. 423/91

BURSARIES AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR HEALTH STUDY

Note: This Regulation became spent on October 10, 1997.

Note: This Regulation was revoked on June 30, 2009. See: O. Reg. 254/09, ss. 1, 2.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Definitions

1. In this Regulation,

“applicant” means an applicant for a bursary or fellowship for educational and training purposes in respect of health; (“auteur de la demande”)

“bursary” means a loan for educational and training purposes in respect of health to assist in the financing of studies at a school or at an institution other than a degree-granting college or university, repayable by the performance of agreed upon services to the public; (“bourse d’études”)

“fellowship” means a loan for educational and training purposes in respect of health to assist in the financing of a program of advanced study or research at a university or health institution approved by the Minister repayable by the performance of agreed upon services to the public. (“bourse de recherche”) R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 780, s. 1.

Application

2. The Minister may provide a bursary or fellowship for educational and training purposes in respect of health to a person who,

(a) makes application in writing to the Minister on an approved form, stating,

(i) the program of study he or she proposes to undertake selected from those set out in Column 1 of the Schedule,

(ii) the university, school or institution at which he or she proposes to undertake the program of study, and

(iii) the number of academic years required to complete the program of study; and

(b) submits with his or her application evidence that he or she has the qualifications required to undertake the program of study and has been accepted by the university, school or institution to begin his or her program of study on a date that shall be specified. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 780, s. 2.

3. (1) There shall be the following classes of loans in the form of bursary or fellowship assistance:

1.	Group 1 —	Consisting of loans to enable persons to undertake the programs of study set out in Part 1 of the Schedule.
2.	Group 2 —	Consisting of loans to enable persons to undertake the programs of study set out in Part 2 of the Schedule.
3.	Group 3 —	Consisting of loans to enable persons to undertake the programs of study set out in Part 3 of the Schedule.
4.	Group 4 —	Consisting of loans to enable persons to undertake the programs of study set out in Part 4 of the Schedule.
5.	Group 5 —	Consisting of loans to enable persons to undertake the program of study set out in Part 5 of the Schedule.

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 780, s. 3 (1).

(2) A bursary or fellowship shall be available to a successful applicant for any one of the programs of study set out in Column 1 of an item of the Schedule, in respect of the number of academic years set opposite thereto in Column 2 of the item, in an amount for each academic year not exceeding that amount set opposite thereto in Column 3 of the item. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 780, s. 3 (2).

Condition

4. The provision of a bursary or fellowship to an applicant who qualifies for any of the programs set out in the Schedule is subject to the condition that the applicant shall give a written undertaking to the Minister in which he or she agrees,

(a) that upon completion of his or her academic year, or years, as the case may be, of training, he or she will return service, or engage in employment, or enter or set up a practice in a designated area in Ontario that is satisfactory to the Minister for a period of,

(i) twelve months, or

(ii) where the program of study selected from the Schedule is Psychiatry, six months,

for each year of study or training for which he or she receives bursary or fellowship assistance;

(b) that if he or she,

(i) does not successfully complete the academic year, or years, as the case may be, of study or training for which bursary or fellowship assistance is given, or

(ii) does not fulfill the undertaking described in clause (a) to the satisfaction of the Minister,

he or she will repay to the Minister upon demand the amount, or amounts, of the bursary or fellowship assistance received by him or her under all agreements together with interest as specified in the agreement or agreements thereon;

(c) that where repayment is demanded, he or she will repay the bursary or fellowship assistance as agreed above, in an amount that bears the same relation to the amount of assistance received as the period of service or employment not completed bears to the months of service or employment required under the agreement; and

(d) that any money that is repayable together with interest thereon may be recovered against him or her in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt owing to the Crown in the right of the Province. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 780, s. 4.

Limitation

5. No person shall be awarded more than one fellowship or bursary during one academic year under this Regulation. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 780, s. 5.

SCHEDULE
LIST OF PROGRAMS OF STUDY AND AMOUNTS AVAILABLE

PART 1
GROUP 1 LOANS

Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	Program of Study	Number of Academic Years	Maximum Amount Available for each Academic Year
1.	Diploma in Public Health	1	$2,700 plus tuition
2.	Diploma in Dental Public Health	1	$2,700 plus tuition
3.	Diploma in Epidemiology and Community Health	2	$2,700 plus tuition
4.	Master of Science (Clinical Epidemiology or Health Care Research Methods)	2	$2,700 plus tuition

PART 2
GROUP 1 LOANS

Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	Program of Study	Number of Academic Years	Maximum Amount Available for each Academic Year
1.	Post Baccalaureate studies in Hospital or Health Administration	1	$2,000 plus tuition
2.	Post Baccalaureate studies in Pharmacy leading to University Degree	2	$2,000 plus tuition
3.	Post Baccalaureate studies in Social Work leading to Masters Degree	1	$2,000 plus tuition
4.	Post Baccalaureate studies in Nursing leading to Masters Degree	2	$2,000 plus tuition
5.	Post Baccalaureate studies in Nutrition leading to Masters Degree	2	$2,000 plus tuition
6.	Post Baccalaureate studies in Speech Pathology and Audiology	2	$2,000 plus tuition
7.	Post Baccalaureate studies in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy	2	$2,000 plus tuition
8.	Post Baccalaureate studies in Vocational and Rehabilitation Counselling	2	$2,000 plus tuition

PART 3
GROUP 3 LOANS

Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	Program of Study	Number of Academic Years	Maximum Amount Available for each Academic Year
1.	Dental Hygiene	1	$1,400 plus tuition
2.	Nursing Certificate or Diploma in Education or Administration	1	$1,400 plus tuition
3.	Public Health Nursing Certificate or Diploma	1	$1,000 plus tuition if program of studies undertaken at University of Toronto, $1,575 plus tuition if undertaken elsewhere
4.	Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing	2	$1,400 plus tuition
5.	Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy	2	$1,400 plus tuition
6.	Certificate in Public Health Inspection	2	$1,400 plus tuition
7.	Nurse Practitioner Certificate	1	$1,000 plus tuition

PART 4
GROUP 4 LOANS

Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	Program of Study	Number of Academic Years	Maximum Amount Available for each Academic Year
1.	Undergraduate Medical	2	$3,000
2.	Undergraduate Dental	2	$3,000
3.	Psychiatry	2	$3,000
4.	Orthoptic Technician	2	$1,000

PART 5
GROUP 5 LOANS

Item	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	Program of Study	Number of Years	Maximum Amount Available for each Year
1.	Health Research (Fellowships)	3	$5,000 to $20,500

R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 780, Sched.

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