§ 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.