{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-1419","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 38-1419","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this subchapter:\n\n(1)\nThe term “full-time students” means students pursuing a full-time course of study in an accredited school of medicine or school of dentistry leading to a degree of Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dentistry, or an equivalent degree.\n\n(2)\nThe terms “school of medicine” and “school of dentistry” mean a school in the District of Columbia which provides training leading, respectively, to a degree of Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Dentistry, or an equivalent degree, and which is accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education of the United States.\n\n(3)\nThe term “nonprofit” as applied to a school of medicine or a school of dentistry means one which is owned and operated by 1 or more corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.","path":["Title 38. Educational Institutions.","Chapter 14. Medical and Dental Colleges.","Subchapter II. Financial Assistance."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/38-1419","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"1715e3aede1bfcd666eb8d40ac3b74362f8768f0c4f5d540dded7ece44b7f6d5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-1418","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-38-1501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}