CHAPTER 790

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered
28-87.1 through 28-87.5, relating to dental hygienist scholarships.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding sections numbered
23-37.1 through 23-37.5, as follows:

§ 23-37.1. There are established six annual scholarships of five hun-
dred dollars each. These awards shall be made by the State Board of Health
and the recipients shall be allowed to attend any accredited school of dental
hygiene in this State.

§ 23-37.2. Each applicant for such scholarship must be a bona fide
resident of the State of Virginia when such scholarship is awarded. Awards
shall be made upon such basis, competitive or otherwise, as determined by
the State Board of Health, with due regard for scholastic attainments,
character and adaptability of the applicant for the service contemplated
in such award; provided no award shall be made if the applicant fails to
possess the requisite qualifications.

§ 23-37.8. Before any such scholarship is awarded, the applicant
must sign a written contract, under the terms of which the applicant
agrees to pursue the dental hygiene course of the school awarding the
scholarship until completion, and thereupon to promptly begin and there-
after engage continuously in dental hygiene work in the State of Virginia
for a period of years equal in number to the years she has been a bene-
ficiary of such scholarship or scholarships. The contract shall contain such
other provisions as are necessary, in the opinion of the State Board of
Health, to accomplish the purposes of the scholarship.

§ 23-37.4. Each said scholarship shall be awarded for a single year,
but the same student shall, after making satisfactory progress toward the
completion of her training in the school, receive such award for any suc-
ceeding year or years, providing no student shall receive any such scholar-
ship for more than a total of three years.

§ 23-37.5. The funds making up such scholarship shall be paid to
the recipient thereof or applied toward the payment of her expenses at
the school in such a manner and at such a time during the school year
as determined by the director or other proper officer of the school of dental
hygiene attended, provided no recipient shall receive for any such scholar-
ship less than five hundred dollars.