[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR242.3]

[Page 525]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 242_ADMISSION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 
 
Sec. 242.3  Definitions.

    As used herein, the following definitions apply:
    (a) Uniformed Services. As used herein, means the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, Marine Corps, and the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health 
Service.
    (b) Military Personnel. For purposes of this Directive, ``Military 
Personnel'' shall include the following:
    (1) Individuals currently on (or on orders for) active duty for a 
period of 90 days or more in any of the three Military Departments.
    (2) Reserve component personnel enrolled in the Armed Forces Health 
Professions Scholarship Program.
    (3) Persons enrolled in scholarship ROTC or advanced (junior-senior 
level) nonscholarship ROTC.
    (4) Individuals in attendance at any of the three Military 
Department Service Academies.
    (c) Federal-duty obligation. The obligation to serve on active duty 
in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or the Commissioned Corps of the Public 
Health Service.
    (d) The program. Means the Medical School program of the Uniformed 
Services University of the Health Sciences.
    (e) Member of the program. An individual who is enrolled in the 
School of Medicine of USUHS.
    (f) Accredited institution. A college, university, or institution 
located in the United States or Puerto Rico or Canada, and accredited by 
an accrediting agency or association that is recognized for such purpose 
by the U.S. Commissioner of Education. Included within this definition 
are those institutions which are in the process of seeking accreditation 
and currently have provisional or conditional accreditation, or 
candidacy status for accreditation, based solely on the newness of the 
institution.
    (g) Medical college admission test. A nationally standardized 
examination, administered by the American Medical College Testing 
Program, which is designed to measure general and specific aptitude for 
medical studies.