42 CFR § 68b.10 - When can a Scholarship Program payment obligation be discharged in bankruptcy?

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title: "42 CFR § 68b.10 - When can a Scholarship Program payment obligation be discharged in bankruptcy?"
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "68b.10"
section_name: "When can a Scholarship Program payment obligation be discharged in bankruptcy?"
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "FELLOWSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, TRAINING"
part_number: "68b"
part_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM REGARDING PROFESSIONS NEEDED BY NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES (UGSP)"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 288-4."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 48274, Aug. 12, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "68b"
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# 68b.10 When can a Scholarship Program payment obligation be discharged in bankruptcy?

Any payment obligation incurred under § 68b.9 may be discharged in bankruptcy under Title 11 of the United States Code only if such discharge is granted after the expiration of the seven-year period beginning on the first date that payment is required and only if the bankruptcy court finds that a nondischarge of the obligation would be unconscionable.