{"data":{"id":"us-nm/21-22a-3","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"21-22A-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Osteopathic Medical Student Loan for Service Act:\nA. \"department\" means the higher education department;\nB. \"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;\nC. \"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;\nD. \"osteopathic medical education\" means the education required to be an osteopathic physician or osteopathic physician's assistant; and\nE. \"student\" means a person enrolled in a school of osteopathic medicine or an osteopathic physician's assistant program in New Mexico.","path":["Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions","ARTICLE 22A Osteopathic Medical Student Loans"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18521/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"2277763137191d9ac3b8c807055deecc685672ed199c918db0b2a94a1864c5d5","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/21-22a-2","next":"us-nm/21-22a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}