Code of Maine Rules › 94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 457 - FINANCE AUTHORITY OF MAINE (FAME) › Chapter 616 - DOCTORS FOR MAINE'S FUTURE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM › Section 457-616-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Authority
. The "Authority"
				means the Finance Authority of Maine.
B.
Cost of Attendance
. "Cost of
				Attendance" means the tuition and fees applicable to an eligible student,
				together with an estimate of other expenses reasonably related to cost of
				attendance at a Medical School Program as determined by the Medical School
				Program and used in the awarding of Title IV aid.
C.
Chief Executive Officer
.
				"Chief Executive Officer" means the Authority's Chief Executive Officer or a
				person acting under the supervisory control of the Chief Executive
				Officer.
D.
Clerkship
				Experiences
. "Clerkship experiences" means primary health care clinical
				education in a health professional shortage area or in an area of the State
				defined as rural by the Authority.
E.
Clinical
Education
. "Clinical education" means any on-location
				teaching environment ranging from a one-to-one training between a physician and
				a medical student to a training in a health clinic or hospital with or without
				a residency program.
F.
Fund
. "Fund" means the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Fund
				established pursuant to
				 20-A MRSA
				Section12103-A(6).
G.
Good Academic Standing
. "Good
				academic standing" means the student is academically qualified to maintain
				enrollment according to the standards of the Medical School Program as set in
				accordance with applicable requirements of the Medical School
				Program.
H.
Health
				Professional Shortage Area
. "Heath professional shortage area" means an
				area in the State lacking in medical professionals, as defined by the
				Commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
I.
State
. "State" means the
				State of Maine.
J.
Medical
School
Program
. "Medical School
				Program" means a qualifying Maine-based medical school program that has entered
				into a Participation Agreement with the Authority.
K.
Primary Care or Primary Health
				Care
. "Primary care" or "primary health care" means general or family
				practice of medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and
				obstetrics and gynecology.
L.
Qualifying Maine-based medical school program
. A "Qualifying
				Maine-based medical school program" means an allopathic or osteopathic medical
				school program affiliated with a medical school accredited by the Liaison
				Committee on Medical Education or its successor or the American Osteopathic
				Association or its successor in which (1) an educational or health care
				institution located in the State participates in curriculum development and the
				selection of students for admission; (2) no fewer than 10 students per class
				year are enrolled and in which these students are required to complete not less
				than one academic year of the medical school curriculum at facilities located
				in the State; (3) funds from philanthropic resources and the private sector are
				raised to match 100% of funds received from the State for scholarships pursuant
				to the Scholarship Program; and (4) the program curriculum includes required
				clerkship experiences in the State in and training and course completion in
				rural health care and primary care.
M.
Scholarship
. "Scholarship"
				means a scholarship pursuant to the Scholarship Program, whether funded from
				the Fund or from matching funds of the Medical School Program.
N.
Scholarship Program
.
				"Scholarship Program" means the Doctors for Maine's Future Scholarship Program
				established by
				 20-A MRSA
				§12103-A.