---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 68.5"
title: "42"
number: "68.5"
heading: "Who is ineligible to participate?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/68.5"
---

# §68.5. Who is ineligible to participate?


The following individuals are ineligible for NIH LRP participation:

- (a) Persons who do not meet the eligibility requirements as specified under [§ 68.3](/cfr/42/68.3.md) of this part;
- (b) Any individual who has or had a Federal judgment lien against his/her property arising from Federal debt;
- (c) Persons who owe an obligation of health professional service to the Federal Government, a state, or other entity, unless deferrals or extensions are granted for the length of the service of their LRP contract. The following are examples of programs that have a service obligation:
  - (1) Armed Forces (Army, Navy, or Air Force) Professions Scholarship Program,
  - (2) Exceptional Financial Need (EFN) Scholarship Program,
  - (3) Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions Students (FADHPS),
  - (4) Indian Health Service (IHS) Scholarship Program,
  - (5) National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program,
  - (6) National Research Service Award (NRSA) Program, and/or Loan Repayment Programs, NURSE Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs,
  - (7) NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP),
  - (8) Physicians Shortage Area Scholarship Program,
  - (9) Primary Care Loan (PCL) Program, and
  - (10) Public Health Service Scholarship (PHS) Program;
- (d) **For Extramural LRP only—** Individuals who receive any salary support or participate in research that receives funding support from a for-profit institution or organization, or Federal Government employees working more than 20 hours per week;
- (e) Current recipients of NIH intramural training awards, e.g., NIH Intramural Research Training Awards (IRTA) or Cancer Research Training Awards (CRTA);
- (f) Individuals conducting research for which funding is precluded by Federal law, regulation, or HHS/NIH policy or that does not comply with applicable Federal, state, and local law regarding the conduct of the research (e.g., applicable human subject protection regulations);
- (g) Individuals with only ineligible loans or loans that are not educational; and
- (h) **Individuals who do not have sufficient qualifying educational debt to meet the debt threshold.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 20468, Apr. 5, 2013, as amended at 88 FR 4739, Jan. 25, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 216, 42 U.S.C. 288-1, 42 U.S.C. 288-2.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 20468, Apr. 5, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 20468, Apr. 5, 2013, as amended at 88 FR 4739, Jan. 25, 2023]