76-381. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 76-380 through 76-386, and amendments thereto:

(a) "Act" means the medical student loan act;

(b) "approved postgraduate residency training program" means a residency training program in general pediatrics, general internal medicine, family medicine, family practice, emergency medicine or fellowship training in geriatric medicine;

(c) "service commitment area" means (1) any community within any county in Kansas other than Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee or Wyandotte county, (2) any state medical care facility or institution, (3) any medical center operated by the veterans administration of the United States, or (4) the full-time faculty of the university of Kansas school of medicine in family medicine or family practice; or (5) any community within Wyandotte county for purposes of any practice obligation under an agreement entered into by a person who is enrolled for the first time after July 1, 2004, in a course of study leading to the medical degree; and

(d) "state medical care facility or institution" includes, but is not limited to, the Kansas state school for the visually handicapped, the Kansas state school for the deaf, any institution under the secretary of social and rehabilitation services, as defined by subsection (b) of K.S.A. 76-12a01, and amendments thereto, any institution under the commissioner of juvenile justice as defined by K.S.A. 2012 Supp. 38-2302, and amendments thereto, the Kansas soldiers' home, the Kansas veterans' home and any correctional institution under the secretary of corrections, as defined by subsection (d) of K.S.A. 75-5202, and amendments thereto, but shall not include any state educational institution under the state board of regents, as defined by subsection (a) of K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto, except as specifically provided by statute.

History: L. 1992, ch. 243, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 229, § 137; L. 1999, ch. 149, § 12; L. 2002, ch. 103, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 146, § 5; L. 2006, ch. 169, § 134; L. 2009, ch. 40, § 2; July 1.