[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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.