{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s7682","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f7682.","heading":"Eligibility","text":"\u00a7\u202f7682.\nEligibility\n(a)\nEligibility.\u2014\nAn individual is eligible to participate in the Education Debt Reduction Program if the individual\u2014\n(1) is an employee in the Veterans Health Administration serving in a position (as determined by the Secretary) providing direct-patient care services or services incident to direct-patient care services for which recruitment or retention of qualified health-care personnel (as so determined) is difficult; and\n(2) owes any amount of principal or interest under a loan, the proceeds of which were used by or on behalf of that individual to pay costs relating to a course of education or training which led to a degree that qualified the individual for the position referred to in paragraph (1).\n(b)\nCovered Costs.\u2014\nFor purposes of subsection (a)(2), costs relating to a course of education or training include\u2014\n(1) tuition expenses;\n(2) all other reasonable educational expenses, including expenses for fees, books, and laboratory expenses; and\n(3) reasonable living expenses.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s7682.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7682","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f7682."},{"t":"heading","text":"Eligibility"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7682/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Eligibility.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"An individual is eligible to participate in the Education Debt Reduction Program if the individual\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7682/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" is an employee in the Veterans Health Administration serving in a position (as determined by the Secretary) providing direct-patient care services or services incident to direct-patient care services for which recruitment or retention of qualified health-care personnel (as so determined) is difficult; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7682/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" owes any amount of principal or interest under a loan, the proceeds of which were used by or on behalf of that individual to pay costs relating to a course of education or training which led to a degree that qualified the individual for the position referred to in paragraph (1).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7682/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Covered Costs.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For purposes of subsection (a)(2), costs relating to a course of education or training include\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7682/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" tuition expenses;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7682/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" all other reasonable educational expenses, including expenses for fees, books, and laboratory expenses; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s7682/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" reasonable living expenses.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}