RS 1133 - Eligibility for scholarships
Any United States citizen and resident of the state of Louisiana, who is admitted to or is engaged in the study of nursing at an accredited school of nursing located in this state, and who intends to practice nursing in an area of the parish hospital or hospital service district where there is a shortage of nurses shall be eligible to apply to the board of commissioners of the parish hospital or hospital service district in the parish or district in which the applicant resides or once resided for a scholarship in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. Such application shall be in writing and in such form as the board may require. It shall contain the written statement of the applicant that he intends to practice nursing in the parish or district, as the case may be, if he is selected to receive the scholarship.
Acts 1988, No. 54, §1.