[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR62.2]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 62--NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP AND LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A--National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
 
Sec. 62.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Acceptable level of academic standing means the level at which a 
full-time student retains eligibility to continue in attendance in 
school under the school's standards and practices.
    Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
    Approved graduate training means those programs of graduate training 
in medicine, osteopathy, dentistry or other health professions which (a) 
lead to eligibility for board certification or which provide other 
evidence of completion, and (b) have been approved by the appropriate 
health professions body as determined by the Secretary.
    Full-time student means an individual pursuing a course of study 
leading to a degree in medicine, osteopathy, dentistry or an equivalent 
credential for a particular health profession who is enrolled for a 
sufficient number of credit hours in any academic term to complete the 
course of study within not more than the number of academic terms 
normally required at the school.

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If an individual is enrolled in a school and is pursuing a course of 
study which is designed to be completed in more than 4 years, the 
individual will be considered a full-time student for only the last 4 
years of the course of study.
    Health manpower shortage area means the geographic area, the 
population group, the public or nonprofit private medical facility, or 
other public facility which has been determined by the Secretary to have 
a shortage of health manpower under section 332 of the Act and its 
implementing regulations (42 CFR part 5).
    National of the United States means a citizen of the United States 
or a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes 
permanent allegiance to the United States.
    Public Health and National Health Service Corps Scholarship Training 
Program, or PH/NHSC Scholarship Training Program, means the program 
authorized by section 225 of the Act as in effect on September 30, 1977, 
and repealed on October 1, 1977.
    Scholarship Program means the National Health Service Corps 
Scholarship Program authorized by section 751 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
294t).
    Scholarship Program participant or participant means an individual 
whose application to the Scholarship Program has been approved and whose 
contract has been accepted and signed by the Secretary.
    School means a school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, or other 
health profession which (a) provides training leading to a degree of 
doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of dentistry, or an 
equivalent credential for a particular health profession, and (b) which 
is accredited by a body or bodies recognized for accreditation purposes 
by the Secretary of Education.
    School year means all or part of the 12-month period from July 1 
through June 30 during which an applicant is enrolled in a school as a 
full-time student.
    Service means the United States Public Health Service.
    Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any 
other officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services 
to whom the authority involved has been delegated.
    State means one of the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin 
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands.