Responsibilities and process

1. A nursing facility wishing to be designated as eligible for participation in the program shall complete an application form developed by the department. This application form will be available upon request from the department. Completed forms must be submitted to the department. In addition to the criteria stated in North Dakota Century Code section 23-01-03.3, the application must include assurances the nursing facility: a. Is licensed by the department; b. Has matching funds equal to the amount of the grant request; c. Will use grant and matching dollars under this program for loan repayment or scholarship purposes; and d. Will not use any money received under section 24 of chapter 431 of the 2001 Session Laws for the purpose of providing the facility's matching share of a long-term care nursing scholarship and loan repayment grant. 2. If a nursing facility files an application for a grant after June 30, 2002, the application must include a statement of nursing personnel needs and a plan to retain nurses that is acceptable to the council. 3. A nurse may apply to a nursing facility for a grant to repay an acceptable loan and an individual may apply to the nursing facility for a nursing education scholarship on an application form provided by the nursing facility. 4. Prior to July first each year, each nursing facility that receives a long-term care nursing scholarship and loan repayment grant shall submit an annual report to the department on a form supplied by the department. 5. The department will review each application for compliance with the law and rule. The council, at its next regularly scheduled meeting, will consider the applications recommended by the department and will approve or deny the applications.