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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 685

Article 9 - Charles County
76.

(a) A program of scholarships is hereby established, for
courses of study leading to the certificate, diploma, or other
evidence of qualification to practice on completion of
specialized training in categories as specified by the County
Commissioners.

[(b) Scholarships under this section shall be awarded to
those persons (1) who are residents of Charles County; (2) who
make application to the County Commissioners of Charles County,
at such times and places and in a manner to be determined and
announced by the County Commissioners; (3) whose applications are
reviewed and favorably recommended by a scholarship committee
appointed by the County Commissioners which said scholarship
committee shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the
County Commissioners and said committee shall include a Doctor of
Medicine, an educator, a nurse, an ordained minister, and one
other -person; and all of said members of the scholarship
committee shall be full-time residents of Charles County; and
each of the five members shall have four year appointments,
except that those appointments made or confirmed initially shall
be one for one year, one for two years, one for three years and
two for four years, beginning July 1, 1970; (4) who are selected
by the County Commissioners after such review and recommendation
by the scholarship committee on the basis of demonstrated
aptitude, interest and ability, and financial need; and (5) who
furnish surety bonds to the County Commissioners of Charles
County, in such amount and with such surety as the Commissioners
may determine, the condition of which bonds shall be that the
applicant, provided he or she completes the course of study for
which the scholarship is awarded, practices in his or her field
in Charles County for a period of not less than two years within
a period,, following completion of such course of study, of three
years extended by the duration of any military service of the
applicant commencing in such three year period. Nursing
scholarship recipients shall practice at physician's memorial
hospital, the Charles County health department, or the Charles
County Nursing Home.

(c) Scholarship may be awarded under this section for study
at any accredited institution within Maryland, Virginia or the
District of Columbia offering courses of instruction in the
scholarship holder's field. The amount of each scholarship
shall be recommended by the scholarship committee to the County
Commissioners. Nothing herein contained shall in any way impair
or affect control by the several institutions of their operation
or of the studies pursued therein or of the standards and
qualification required for admission and continued study in such
institutions.