1(1) Scholarship recipients must begin the full-time employment service obligation no later than 3 months after receiving Florida licensure or certification and no later than 12 months after graduating from nursing school.
33(2) The department shall provide additional time to enroll in a nursing program, if it finds extraordinary circumstances prevented a recipient from enrolling in nursing school for the semester or quarter indicated on the application. Extraordinary circumstances are: recipient chronic illness, injury or disease, supported by attending physician’s statement; chronic illness, injury, disease or death of a recipient’s immediate family member, supported by attending physician’s statement. Immediate family members of recipient include: spouse, children, parents, brother, sister.
