71-5653 Terms, defined. - Nebraska Statutes

71-5653. Terms, defined.For purposes of the Rural Health Systems and Professional Incentive Act:(1) Approved medical specialty means family practice, general practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, general surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry;(2) Approved dental specialty means general practice, pediatric dentistry, and oral surgery;(3) Approved mental health practice program means an approved educational program consisting of a master's or doctorate degree with the focus being primarily therapeutic mental health and meeting the educational requirements for licensure in mental health practice or psychology by the department;(4) Commission means the Nebraska Rural Health Advisory Commission;(5) Department means the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services;(6) Doctorate-level mental health student means a graduate student enrolled in or accepted for enrollment in an approved mental health practice program leading to a doctorate degree and meeting the educational requirements for licensure in psychology by the department;(7) Full-time practice means a minimum of forty hours per week;(8) Health care means both somatic and mental health care services;(9) Master's level mental health student means a graduate student enrolled in or accepted for enrollment in an approved mental health practice program leading to a master's degree and meeting the educational requirements for licensure in mental health practice by the department;(10) Office means the Office of Rural Health;(11) Qualified educational debts means government and commercial loans obtained by students for postsecondary education tuition, other educational expenses, and reasonable living expenses, as determined by the department, but does not include loans received under the act or the Nebraska Medical Student Assistance Act; and(12) Rural means located within any county in Nebraska having a population of less than fifteen thousand inhabitants and not included within a metropolitan statistical area as defined by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. SourceLaws 1991, LB 400, § 4; Laws 1992, LB 573, § 10; Laws 1994, LB 1223, § 56; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 727; Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 48; Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 153; Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 80; Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 101; Laws 2005, LB 301, § 54; Laws 2007, LB296, § 625.Note: The Nebraska Medical Student Assistance Act, sections 71-5613 to 71-5645, was repealed by Laws 1991, LB 400, § 26.