Definitions

The following words, as used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings:

(a)Board means the Board of Regents of the University of Guam.

(b)Committee means the Physician Recruitment and Retention Evaluation Committee.

(c)Credentialed health care profession means a health care profession regulated by the Guam Board of Medical Examiners.

(d)Credentialed health care professional means a person regulated by the Guam Board of Medical Examiners to practice a health care profession.

(e)Eligible expenses means reasonable expenses associated with the costs of acquiring a medical education, such as tuition, books, equipment, fees, room and board, and other expenses approved by the Board.

(f)Health care facility means any government health care facility, to include the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, the Department of Public Health and Social Services, and the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center. COL372014 CH. 52 THE PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EDUCATION DEBT REPAYMENT PROGRAM

(g)Health professional shortage areas means those areas where credentialed health care professionals are in short supply in specialty health care areas as determined by the Physician Specialty Priority Listing established in § 52106 of this Chapter.

(h)Participant means a credentialed health care professional who has received a loan repayment award, and has commenced practice as a credentialed health care provider in Guam.

(i)Program or PRR Program means the Physician Recruitment and Retention Education Debt Repayment Program.

(j)Service obligation means the obligation by the participant to provide health care services in a health professional shortage area for a period pursuant to § 52107 of this Chapter.