{"data":{"id":"us-nm/21-22j-2","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"21-22J-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in the Veterinary Medical Loan Repayment Act:\nA. \"award\" means the loan repayment award granted to a recipient;\nB. \"committee\" means the veterinarian selection committee;\nC. \"department\" means the higher education department;\nD. \"designated underserved area\" means a municipality or county designated by the committee that does not have a sufficient number of food-animal veterinarians for the needs of the veterinary medical service area;\nE. \"loan\" means a grant of money to defray the cost of tuition and fees for a veterinary medical education under a contract between the federal government or a commercial lender and a veterinary medical student requiring repayment of principal and interest;\nF. \"recipient\" means a veterinarian selected to participate in the veterinary medical loan repayment program; and\nG. \"veterinarian\" means a person who graduated from an accredited school of veterinary medicine and is licensed as a veterinarian in New Mexico.","path":["Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions","ARTICLE 22J Veterinary Medical Loan Repayment"],"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":"1017b905590166a431f643b8716004b9cfce0f3a73c6cfd63d5058bfda0c8c55","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/21-22j-1","next":"us-nm/21-22j-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}