Code of Maine Rules › 94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 457 - FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE (FAME) › Chapter 617 - HEALTH PROFESSIONS LOAN PROGRAM › Section 457-617-1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Certain terms used in this rule, which are
				defined in the
Finance Authority of Maine Act
,
				10 M.R.S.A.
				§961 and following and in 20-A M.R.S.A.
				Chapter 424 shall have the meanings set forth therein, unless clearly specified
				otherwise or unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
2.
Defined Terms
A. "Annual report" means a report provided
				annually by the Authority to the loan recipient, requiring the loan recipient
				to provide a current address and status of the loan recipient's professional
				education, training or practice and such other information the Authority deems
				useful or necessary for the efficient administration of the Program.
B. "Chief executive officer" means the chief
				executive officer of the Authority or a person acting under the supervisory
				control of the chief executive officer.
C. "Completion of professional education"
				means completion of medical, dental or veterinary school, post-graduate
				training and obligated public health service, and/or obligated national
				service, if any.
D. "Financial
				need" means the financial cost of attendance as published by the institution
				minus the loan recipient's expected family contribution as calculated under
				Title IV of the
Higher Education Act of 1965
, as
				amended.
E. "Health professional
				shortage area" means an area in Maine lacking in medical professionals as
				designated by the Maine Commissioner of Health and Human Services.
F. "Institution" or "school" means an
				institution or school of allopathic, osteopathic veterinary or dental
				education.
G. "Insufficient
				veterinary services" means an insufficient number of practitioners of
				veterinary medicine in either a veterinary specialty or geographic area, as
				determined by the Maine Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and
				Forestry.
H. "Maine resident" means
				a person who has been a resident of Maine for a minimum of one year at the time
				of matriculation at an institution for other than educational purposes. In
				determining whether an applicant is a Maine resident the Authority may consider
				(1) the secondary school the applicant attended; (2) the legal residence of the
				applicant's parents; (3) the location where the applicant is registered to
				vote, if any; (4) the jurisdiction(s) in which the applicant files income tax
				forms; (5) the jurisdiction where the applicant is licensed to drive, if any;
				(6) such other relevant documents and information as determined necessary or
				desirable in the opinion of the chief executive officer.
I. "Obligated national service" means an
				obligation incurred for financial assistance during undergraduate or graduate
				education, for internship or residency training provided by the Armed Forces
				Services of the United States, or for compulsory national service required by
				an Act of Congress.
J.
				"Postgraduate training" includes internships, residencies, and fellowships that
				fulfill the requirements for certifications/licensure by the corresponding
				Council/Board on Graduate Education of Allopathic Medicine, Osteopathic
				Medicine, Veterinary Medicine or Dentistry or the appropriate specialty. For
				borrowers receiving a first program loan in 2017 or after, except veterinary
				and dental students, postgraduate training may not exceed 6 years.
K. "Primary health care" means general or
				family practice of medicine, general internal medicine or internal medicine,
				general pediatrics or pediatrics, internal medicine-pediatrics, general
				dentistry and general obstetrics and gynecology.
L. "Repayment period" means the period of
				time commencing six months following completion of professional education or
				upon withdrawal from school, and continuing for ten years.
M. "Underserved group" means an underserved
				population group in Maine receiving insufficient primary health care or dental
				services as determined by the Maine Commissioner of Health and Human Services.
				Such a designation may be limited to a geographic area of Maine or to a
				specific practice location in the discretion of the Maine Commissioner of
				Health and Human Services.
N.
				"Underserved specialty" means a medical specialty in which there are
				insufficient practitioners either throughout Maine or within a designated
				geographic area of Maine, which may be a specific practice location, as
				determined by the Maine Commissioner of Health and Human Services.