California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 7 - Health Planning and Facility Construction › Chapter 16 - Vocational Nurse Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 97900 - Chapter Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to the regulations
					 contained in this Chapter:
(a)
				  "Academic year" means a period of time, usually eight or nine months, which a
				  full-time college or university student would normally be expected to complete
				  the equivalent of two semesters or three quarters of instruction.
(b) "Associate degree nursing program" means
				  an education program with a two or three year curriculum that includes nursing
				  theory and clinical coursework that leads to an associate degree of nursing.
				  Graduates of associate degree nursing programs are eligible to take the state
				  board examination to become registered nurses in California.
(c) "Contract" means a written agreement
				  between the Office and a recipient of a scholarship or loan repayment, which
				  obligates the recipient, in exchange for financial assistance, to practice
				  their profession in a medically underserved area in California for a specified
				  period of time after graduation.
(d) "Direct patient care" means the provision
				  of health care services directly to individuals being treated for, or suspected
				  of having, physical or mental illness. Direct patient care includes
				  preventative care. The first line supervision of direct patient care shall be
				  considered "direct patient care."
(e) "Director" means the Director of the
				  Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
(f) "Educational loan" means a loan of money
				  by a commercial lender or a government entity, which requires repayment with
				  interest, and was obtained by an individual for the purpose of defraying the
				  costs associated with vocational nursing education.
(g) "Full-time student" means a student who
				  is enrolled in a semester, trimester, or quarter program of not less than
				  twelve (12) credit hours or units or their equivalent, and can reasonably
				  expect to graduate, if the student progresses in good standing, in the
				  recognized number of academic years it takes a full-time student to
				  graduate.
(h) "Part-time student"
				  means a student who is enrolled in a semester, trimester, or quarter program of
				  not less than six (6) credit hours or units or their equivalent.
(i) "Medically underserved area" means any of
				  the following:
(1) A Medically Underserved
				  Area or Medically Underserved Population (MUA or MUP) as designated by the U.S.
				  Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services
				  Administration, Bureau of Health Professions' Shortage Designation
				  Branch.
(2) A Primary Care Health
				  Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) as designated by the U.S. Department of
				  Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau
				  of Health Professions' Shortage Designation Branch.
(3) A California Primary Care Shortage Area
				  as designated by the California Healthcare Workforce Policy
				  Commission.
(4) A facility
				  determined by the Director to have a shortage of nursing personnel under
				  section
				  128385
				  of the Health and Safety Code.