R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 783: DENTAL BURSARIES
under Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.26
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Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Act
R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 783
formerly under Ministry of Health Act
Amended to O. Reg. 612/91
DENTAL BURSARIES
Note: This Regulation became spent on October 10, 1997.
Note: This Regulation was revoked on June 23, 2009. See: O. Reg. 243/09, ss. 1, 2.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
1. In this Regulation,
“applicant” means an applicant for a bursary; (“auteur de la demande”)
“bursary” means an award to assist in the financing of an academic year of,
(a) education and training in dentistry at a university in Ontario, or
(b) education and training in dentistry at a school, college or university in a Province or Territory of Canada that is listed by the World Health Organization and that in the opinion of the Minister offers a course in dentistry that is equivalent to education and training in dentistry in a university in Ontario; (“bourse d’études”)
“designated locality” means a locality designated by the Minister as being acceptable for the purposes of practice or employment at the time when the applicant is to commence the one-year period of practice or employment; (“localité désignée”)
“resident” means a person who is legally entitled to remain in Canada and who makes his or her home and is ordinarily present in Ontario, but does not include a tourist, a transient or a visitor to Ontario. (“résident”) R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 783, s. 1.
2. A bursary of $7,500 may be provided to an applicant who is a resident of Ontario for his or her second-last or last academic year, where the applicant,
(a) submits an application therefor in writing to the Minister, in a form provided by the Minister; and
(b) provides the Minister with an undertaking as set out in section 3 or 4, as the case may be. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 783, s. 2.
3. Where a bursary is the first bursary being provided to an applicant under section 2, the undertaking required by clause 2 (b) is an undertaking that, in consideration of being provided with the bursary,
(a) the applicant will practise dentistry,
(i) in a designated locality,
(ii) as a full-time employee of the Crown in right of Ontario in a designated locality,
(iii) as a full-time employee of the local Board of Health of the Northwestern Health Unit, or
(iv) as a full-time employee of the Crown in right of Canada in a designated locality,
for a period of one year commencing within six months after the date on which he or she is granted the degree in dentistry;
(b) if the applicant,
(i) does not successfully complete the academic year for which he or she receives the bursary,
(ii) having successfully completed the academic year, where the bursary is for the second-last academic year, discontinues his or her program of education and training before completing the last academic year, or
(iii) having been granted a degree in dentistry, does not within six months thereafter commence the practice or employment referred to in clause (a),
the applicant will forthwith upon demand repay the bursary together with the interest set out in section 5; and
(c) if the applicant discontinues practising dentistry as required by clause (a) at any time before the end of the one-year period, he or she will forthwith upon demand repay a portion of the bursary proportional to the number of months remaining in the one-year period, not including the month in which he or she discontinued practising, together with the interest set out in section 5. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 783, s. 3.
4. Where a bursary is the second bursary being provided to an applicant under section 2, the undertaking required by clause 2 (b) is an undertaking that, in consideration of his or her being provided with the bursary,
(a) the applicant will practise dentistry,
(i) in a designated locality,
(ii) as a full-time employee of the Crown in right of Ontario in a designated locality,
(iii) as a full-time employee of the local Board of Health of the Northwestern Health Unit, or
(iv) as a full-time employee of the Crown in right of Canada in a designated locality,
for a period of one year commencing immediately after he completes the one-year period of dental practice required in respect of his or her first bursary;
(b) if the applicant,
(i) does not successfully complete the academic year for which he or she received the bursary,
(ii) did not commence or complete the one-year period of dental practice required in respect of his or her first bursary, or
(iii) having completed the one-year period of dental practice required in respect of his or her first bursary, does not immediately thereafter commence the further one-year period of dental practice required under clause (a),
the applicant will forthwith upon demand repay the bursary together with the interest set out in section 5; and
(c) if the applicant discontinues practising dentistry as required by clause (a) at any time before the end of the one-year period, he or she will forthwith upon demand repay a portion of the bursary proportional to the number of months remaining in the one-year period, not including the month in which he or she discontinued practising, together with the interest set out in section 5. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 783, s. 4.
5. The interest mentioned in sections 3 and 4 is interest calculated monthly on the first day of each month at a rate equivalent to one-twelfth of the Bank of Canada rate that prevails on the last day of the preceding month as set out in the Bank of Canada Weekly Financial Statistics and applied from the date that the applicant receives his or her bursary. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 783, s. 5.