BILL NO. 43
(as introduced)
1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
Student Aid Act
(amended)
Leonard Preyra
Halifax Citadel
First Reading: July 7, 2006
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill provides that a medical student is not required to begin repayment of a student loan until six months following completion of his or her residency program.
An Act to Assist in the Retention
of Doctors in Nova Scotia
1 Section 2 of Chapter 449 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Student Aid Act, is amended by adding immediately after clause (c) the following clause:
(ca) "medical student" means a student enrolled in a course of studies in medicine;
2 Chapter 449 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 6 the following Section:
6A A medical student is not required to begin repayment of a loan issued under this Act until at least six months following the completion of any required residency program that follows the completion of the medical student's academic studies.
3 Section 11 of Chapter 449 is amended by adding immediately after clause (g) the following clause:
(ga) prescribing such additional measures as may be necessary to give effect to Section 6A;
This page and its contents published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, Nova Scotia House of Assembly, and © 2006 Crown in right of Nova Scotia. Created July 7, 2006. Send comments to legc.office@novascotia.ca.
