Section 21-22G-2 - Definitions. (Repealed effective January 1, 2020.)
21-22G-2. Definitions. (Repealed effective January 1, 2020.)
As used in the Conditional Tuition Waiver for Primary Care Medical Students Act:
A. "course of study" means a medical student's medical education, including any residency program;
B. "department" means the higher education department;
C. "fund" means the primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program fund;
D. "participant" means an individual that has applied to participate in, has been accepted into and has signed a contract agreeing to the terms of the program;
E. "primary care physician" means a medical doctor with specialty training in family medicine, general internal medicine or general pediatrics;
F. "program" means the primary care physician conditional tuition waiver program;
G. "residency" means three years of specialty training in family medicine, general internal medicine or general pediatrics after medical school;
H. "secretary" means the secretary of higher education;
I. "underserved area" means a health care underserved area as defined in the Rural Primary Health Care Act [24-1A-1 NMSA 1978];
J. "university" means the university of New Mexico school of medicine; and
K. "waiver" means a loan to cover tuition, fees and a stipend that is forgiven in whole or in part if the participant renders service as a primary care physician in an underserved area of the state pursuant to the provisions of the Conditional Tuition Waiver for Primary Care Medical Students Act.