As used in the Nursing Student Loan for Service Act:

1. A. "commission" ["department"] means the commission on higher education [higher education department];
2. B. "loan" means a grant of funds to defray the costs incidental to a nursing education, under a contract between the commission [department] and a nursing student, requiring repayment with services or repayment with interest;
3. C. "student" means a resident of New Mexico who is a student enrolled in a program of nursing; and
4. D. "program of nursing" means a nursing education program in a New Mexico institution accredited by a member of the council on post-secondary accreditation or a nursing education program approved by the New Mexico board of nursing.

History: 1978 Comp., § 21-22B-3, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 299, § 3; 1991, ch. 262, § 49; 1995, ch. 144, § 10.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

For designation of the commission on higher education as the higher education department, see 9-25-4.1 NMSA 1978.

The 1995 amendment, effective July 1, 1995, deleted Subsection C which defined "medical shortage area committee" and redesignated former Subsections D and E as Subsections C and D.

The 1991 amendment, effective June 14, 1991, inserted "for Service" in the introductory paragraph; added present Subsection C; designated former Subsections C and D as Subsections D and E; and made a minor stylistic change in Subsection D.