N.D. Admin. Code 33-03-27-01
1. "Applicant" means an eligible physician who applies to the council for repayment of an eligible loan.
2. "Center for rural health" means the center for rural health at the university of North Dakota.
3. "Community" means any county, city, or township in North Dakota.
4. "Council" means the state health council.
5. "Department" means the state department of health and consolidated laboratories.
6. "Eligible community" means a North Dakota community with a need for a physician in the medical fields of general practice, family practice, general internal medicine, general obstetrics and gynecology, general surgery, general pediatrics, or general psychiatry. The center for rural health shall designate eligible communities.
7. "Eligible loan" means an education loan acceptable to an accredited medical or osteopathic school and made by a bank, credit union, savings and loan association, insurance company, accredited school, government, or other financial or credit institution in its capacity as lender and in which the lender is subject to examination and supervision by an agency of the United States or the state in which the lender has its principal place of business.
N.D. Admin Code 33-03-27-01
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-17.2-02, 43-17.2-03