2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 22A - Osteopathic Medical Student Loans
Section 21-22A-3 - Definitions.

21-22A-3. Definitions.

As used in the Osteopathic Medical Student Loan for Service Act:

A. "department" means the higher education department;

B. "health professional shortage area" means an area in the state of New Mexico designated as having a shortage of primary care medical care, dental or mental health providers by the health resources and services administration of the United States department of health and human services;

C. "loan" means a grant of funds to defray the costs incidental to an osteopathic medical education, under a contract between the department and an osteopathic medical student, requiring either repayment with interest or repayment in services;

D. "osteopathic medical education" means the education required to be an osteopathic physician or osteopathic physician's assistant; and

E. "student" means a person enrolled in a school of osteopathic medicine or an osteopathic physician's assistant program in New Mexico.

History: 1978 Comp., 21-22A-3, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 109, 3; 1991, ch. 262, 39; 1995, ch. 144, 5; 2016, ch. 42, 1.