D. Service Requirements

Two-Year Service Requirement

Every NHSC LRP participant must sign a contract agreeing to provide two years of full-time clinical service in a community site/vacancy on the NHSC Opportunities List.  See Sections G and H of this Bulletin.

Contract Amendment Awards

Participants in good standing may have the opportunity to request amendments of their NHSC LRP contracts to continue their service obligation at the approved site(s) they are serving when their existing contract ends, to the extent those participants continue to have unpaid qualifying educational loans.  Amendments to NHSC LRP contracts will be made at the Government’s discretion and are subject to the availability of funds appropriated by the United States Congress for the NHSC LRP. There is no guarantee that a two-year service commitment (contract) will be amended beyond the initial two years. 

Applicants for contract amendments must, at a minimum:

• continue to meet the program eligibility criteria;
• be in full compliance with their existing NHSC LRP service obligation;
• be planning to work for the duration of the contract amendment at the same approved site(s) they are serving when their existing contract ends; and
• have applied all NHSC LRP payments received to reduce their qualifying educational loans during the contract period (payment histories from the lenders will be required) . 

Participants who fail to meet one or more of the above criteria will not receive a contract amendment. See complete contract amendment requirements

The amendment service period must begin immediately following the completion of the initial service commitment (i.e., no break in service between the contracts is allowed). The contract amendment will not become effective until the participant has fully completed the initial NHSC LRP service commitment.

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