Colorado Revised Statutes Title 23. Postsecondary Education § 23-31-1005. Council powers and duties

(a) Pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 23-31-1006, determine the eligibility and qualifications of an applicant for loan repayment under the program;

(b) With respect to the veterinary shortage areas that are in need of veterinary medical services:

(c) In accordance with the maximum amounts set forth in section 23-31-1009, determine the amount of loan repayment money to which an applicant selected under the program is eligible, based on the unpaid amount of any outstanding education loan that meets the criteria set forth in section 23-31-1006(2); and

(d) Upon selecting an applicant, enter into a renewable contract with the selected applicant and the designated veterinary shortage area to which the selected applicant has been matched to provide loan repayment money on the selected applicant's behalf in exchange for the selected applicant's agreement to actively practice veterinary medicine in the veterinary shortage area.

(a) Receive and use money appropriated for or donated to the program to be used in furtherance of the program;

(b) With respect to any contract that the council has entered into with a selected applicant and a designated veterinary shortage area under the program:

(c) Monitor federal programs that support the repayment of education loans incurred by veterinarians; and

(d) Accept property from another entity to be used in furtherance of the program.