Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 051 - Livestock Board › Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 23 - VETERINARY LOAN REPAYMENT RULES › Section 23-4 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Application" means a completed
				application for a Loan Repayment Grant submitted to the Board.
(b) "Approved Area" means a geographic area
				or a community in Wyoming which is underserved and in need of Food Animal
				Veterinary Services. Approved Areas are developed by the Board after it has
				assessed the Food Animal Veterinary Service needs of the state by geographic
				area in consultation with the Wyoming Board of Veterinary Medicine and the
				Wyoming Veterinary Medical Association. The Board shall create a list of
				Approved Areas. The Board may designate any or all areas of the state as an
				Approved Area. A copy of the list of Approved Areas may be requested by
				contacting the Board's office in Cheyenne.
(c) "Board" means the Wyoming Livestock
				Board.
(d) "Contract Agreement"
				means a legally enforceable contract between the Board, the Grantee, and the
				Sponsor, which describes their responsibilities and duties. A sample Contract
				Agreement may be requested by contacting the Board's office in
				Cheyenne.
(e) "Educational
				Expenses" mean the total Outstanding Educational Loans the Applicant or Grantee
				has acquired as a direct result of undergraduate or postgraduate educational
				training directly related to providing Food Animal Veterinary
				Services.
(f) "Food Animal" means
				cattle, sheep, swine, or goats.
(g)
				"Food Animal Veterinary Services" means the provision of veterinary services
				for food animals including, but not limited to, herd health, disease diagnosis,
				prevention and treatment, and obstetrics.
(h) "Grantee" means an Applicant that has
				been selected by the Board to receive a Loan Repayment Grant pursuant to
				W.S.
				11-18-119.
(i) "Loan Repayment Grant" means a grant of
				funds awarded by the Board that must be used by a Grantee to pay his
				Educational Expenses in exchange for performing Food Animal Veterinary Services
				in an Approved Area for a minimum of three (3) years. Seventy five percent
				(75%) of the Loan Repayment Grant shall be paid by the Board in accordance with
				the Program requirements and twenty five percent (25%) of the Loan Repayment
				Grant shall be paid with matching funds provided by a Sponsor.
(j) "Outstanding Educational Loans" mean an
				outstanding educational loan made by a bank, credit union, savings and loan
				association, insurance company, school, or credit institution, or a government
				loan made by a federal, state, county, or city agency that was accepted by an
				Applicant or Grantee to pay for his undergraduate or postgraduate educational
				training directly related to providing Food Animal Veterinary
				Services.
(k) "Sponsor" means any
				city, county, veterinary clinic, animal care facility, state agency,
				university, laboratory, veterinary association, or combination thereof that
				provides twenty five percent (25%) matching funds for a Grantee's Loan
				Repayment Grant.
(l) "Veterinarian"
				means an individual who has graduated from a school of veterinary medicine and
				who is licensed to practice in the State of Wyoming.