Terms defined in Arkansas Code § 6-18-1703 shall apply in this part:

1. (1) "Act" means the International Student Exchange Visitor Placement Organization Registration Act, Arkansas Code § 6-18-1701 et seq.;
2. (2) “Foreign entity” means any corporation, limited liability company, or other business entity whether for profit or not-for-profit organized under laws other than the laws of the State of Arkansas;
3. (3) "Host family" means the family residing in the State of Arkansas with whom the international student exchange visitor resides during his or her period of academic study;

4. (4) "International student exchange visitor" or "student" means any foreign national who:

   1. (A) Is eighteen (18) years of age or under, or up to the age of twenty-one (21);
   2. (B) Is engaged in full-time participation in a prescribed course of study in this state conducted by any secondary public or private institution of learning;
   3. (C) Has been selected to participate in an exchange visitor program sponsored by an international student exchange visitor placement organization; and
   4. (D) Enters the State of Arkansas with a nonimmigrant visa;

5. (5) “Local representative" means a natural person who is responsible on behalf of an international student exchange visitor placement organization for:

   1. (A) The selection of a suitable host family for the placement of a foreign exchange student;
   2. (B) The enrollment of a foreign exchange student in a local public or private school; and
   3. (C) The periodic monitoring of the foreign exchange student and his or her living conditions and educational progress;
6. (6) “Local representative address" means the physical street address of the local representative;
7. (7) "Nonimmigrant visa" means a visa category used by nonresident aliens whose primary purpose for visiting the United States is to study full time at an approved institution; and
8. (8) "Secretary of State" means the Arkansas Secretary of State or any employee of the Secretary of State acting under the authority of the Secretary of State.