N.M. Code R. § 5.7.19.7 – Definitions

A. "Act" means the Senior Citizens Reduced Tuition Act.
B. "Credit course" means a course that can be applied toward the completion of a degree.
C. "Department" means the New Mexico higher education department.
D. "Eligible institution" means any public post-secondary degree-granting educational institution in New Mexico.
E. "Full-time equivalent credit" means credit in courses which are included in the department's formula for funding purposes.
F. "Non-credit courses" means courses which cannot be applied toward completion of a degree.
G. "Senior citizen" means a person who has reached the sixty-fifth birthday by the third Friday of classes (by the census date).
H. "Space available" means that the maximum number of students in a class has not been reached by the end of the first day of registration, therefore providing room for enrollees.
[7/15/1998; 5.7.19.7 NMAC - Rn & A, 5 NMAC 7.19.7, 7/31/2005; A, 7/30/2019]