---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 62.29"
title: "42"
number: "62.29"
heading: "Under what circumstances can the Loan Repayment Program obligation be discharged in bankruptcy?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/62.29"
---

# §62.29. Under what circumstances can the Loan Repayment Program obligation be discharged in bankruptcy?


Any payment obligation incurred under [§ 62.27](/cfr/42/62.27.md) of this subpart may be released by a discharge in bankruptcy under [title 11](/cfr/11.md) of the United States Code only if such discharge is granted after the expiration of the five-year period beginning on the first date that payment was required, and only if the bankruptcy court finds that nondischarge of the obligation would be unconscionable.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 215 of the Public Health Service Act, 58 Stat. 690, as amended, 63 Stat. 35 (42 U.S.C. 216); sec. 338B of the Public Health Service Act, 101 Stat. 992 (42 U.S.C. 2541-1).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 13462, Apr. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 215 of the Public Health Service Act, 58 Stat. 690, as amended, 63 Stat. 35 (42 U.S.C. 216); sec. 751 of the Public Health Service Act, 90 Stat. 2281 (42 U.S.C. 294t), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 55429, Aug. 20, 1980, unless otherwise noted.