The State Board of Health has withdrawn the Notice of Intended Regulatory Action for 12VAC5-507, Guidelines for General Assembly Nursing Scholarships and Loan Repayment Program Requiring Service in a Long-Term Care Facility, and 12VAC5-510, Guidelines for General Assembly Nursing Scholarships, which was published 17:11 VA.R. 1828 February 12, 2001.

A new Notice of Intended Regulatory Action is published concurrently in this issue of the Register for 12VAC5-507 to provide details on the implementation of a loan and scholarship program for nurses that would require, in return, an individual's service in a long-term care facility.

Agency Contact: Aileen Edwards Harris, M.S.A., Rural Health and Workforce Programs Manager, Virginia Department of Health, Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy,109 Governor Street, Suite 1016-East, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 864-7436.