2022 Hawaii Revised Statutes
Title 18. Education
309H. Hawaii Health Corps
309H-1 Definitions.
§309H-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
"Loan repayment" or "repayment of loan" means the payment of up to twenty per cent of a Hawaii health corps program participant's health care training costs including but not limited to tuition not exceeding $35,000 per year for a maximum of five years of repayment.
"Nurse practitioner" means a person licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse under chapter 457.
"Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery, as required by section 453-2.
"Physician assistant" means a person licensed to practice medicine under the supervision of a physician or osteopathic physician, as required by section 453-5.3.
"Residency" means a physician or nurse practitioner participating in an accredited program of post graduate study. [L 2012, c 187, pt of §2]
