Guam § 52103 - Definitions.

§ 52103. 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.

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(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.

2013 NOTE: Pursuant to P.L. 32-024:2 (May 6, 2013) which renamed the

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (DMHSA) to the Guam

Behavioral Health and Wellness Center, all references to DMHSA were altered to

the Guam Behavioral Health and Wellness Center.