[§321-24] Registered nurse student financial support program. [Repealed on July 1, 2000. L 1990, c 288, §6.] (a) There is created the registered nurse student financial support program within the department of health for administrative purposes. The program shall provide low interest loans to persons who are studying to become licensed registered nurses and who intend to work in this State.

(b) To be eligible to participate in the program, an applicant for loans shall make a commitment, in a written notarized form provided by the department, to work as a registered nurse in this State for a minimum of three years immediately following obtaining a license under chapter 457.

(c) Eligible applicants shall be subject to a screening and selection process by the department pursuant to rules adopted by the department under this section. The department shall adopt rules in consultation with a committee of five members composed of: one representative from the Hawaii nurses' association, two representatives who shall be nurse educators, and two representatives from the Hawaii chapter of the American organization of nurse executives. [L 1990, c 288, pt of §3]