Section 21-22G-2 - Definitions. (Repealed effective January 1, 2020.) - New Mexico Statutes

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 (Repealed effective January 1, 2020.)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.