Code of Maine Rules › 94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 457 - FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE (FAME) › Chapter 608 - TUITION WAIVER PROGRAM › Section 457-608-1 - General Rules

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Definitions
Definitions used in this rule shall have the following
				  meanings;
1. Chief Executive Officer.
				"Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Finance
				Authority of Maine, or a person acting under the supervisory control of the
				Chief Executive Officer.
2.
				Emergency Medical Services Person. "Emergency medical services person" means a
				person who: (1) is licensed to provide emergency medical treatment under Title
				32, chapter 2-B and is serving a governmental entity as defined in Title 24,
				section 8102, subsection 2 or a political subdivision as defined in Title 14,
				section 8102, subsection 3, in an official capacity as an officially recognized
				or designated employee or member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew, with or
				without compensation; or (2) is an employee of a nonprofit, incorporated
				ambulance service or non-transporting emergency medical service licensed under
				Title 32, chapter 2-B receiving full or partial financial support from or
				officially recognized by the State, a municipality, or county or an entity
				created under Title 30-A, chapter 115 or 119 when acting within the scope of
				activities expressly authorized by the State, municipality, county or entity
				created under Title 30-A, chapter 115 or 119.
3. Firefighter. "Firefighter" means a person
				who is an active member of a municipal fire department or a volunteer
				firefighter's association in this state and who aids in the extinguishing of
				fires regardless of whether the person has administrative or other duties as a
				member of the department or association.
4. Foster Child. "Foster Child' means (a) a
				person in the custody of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services
				residing in foster care, or (b) an adopted person whose adoptive parent(s)
				receive a subsidy from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, or
				(c) a person who is a minor ward of a permanency guardian as provided in 22
				M.R.S.A. §4038-D which guardian receives a subsidy from the Maine
				Department of Health and Human Services.
5. Law Enforcement Officer. "Law Enforcement
				Officer" means an active state police officer, municipal police officer, county
				sheriff or deputy sheriff in this state. "Law Enforcement Officer" shall also
				include an active game warden, fire marshal, liquor enforcement officer, or
				marine patrol officer, if employed on a full-time basis in that position in
				this state.
6. Local government
				official. "Local government official" shall mean any elected or appointed
				member of a local government.
7.
				Maine Resident. "Maine Resident" means a person who is a resident of Maine at
				the time of application and who is not a resident of any other state.
8. State Post Secondary Educational
				Institution. "State Post Secondary Educational Institution" means the
				University of Maine, the Maine Maritime Academy, and the Maine Community
				Colleges.
9. Tuition Charges.
				"Tuition Charges" means the tuition established by the governing body of the
				state postsecondary educational institution.
10. Undergraduate Degree. "Undergraduate
				Degree" means Associate Degree (2-year) and Baccalaureate Degree (4-year), and
				with respect only to foster child participants, other degree or certificate
				programs of at least one year.