Section 21-22A-3 - DefinitionsAs 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; andE. "student" means a person enrolled in a school of osteopathic medicine or an osteopathic physician's assistant program in New Mexico.1978 Comp., § 21-22A-3, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 109, § 3; 1991, ch. 262, § 39; 1995, ch. 144, § 5; 2016, ch. 42, § 1.Amended by 2016, c. 42,s. 1, eff. 5/18/2016.