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Section 24-1D-2 - Definitions.

NM Stat § 24-1D-2 (2019) (N/A)
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As used in the Health Service Corps Act:

A. "corps" means the New Mexico health service corps;

B. "department" means the department of health;

C. "health professional" means a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, nurse-midwife, emergency medical technician-paramedic, dentist or dental hygienist;

D. "physician" means a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathic medicine;

E. "physician assistant" means a physician assistant or osteopathic physician assistant; and

F. "practice site" means a public health clinic or public or private nonprofit primary care clinic that is located in a state-designated medically underserved area or that serves a high-needs population and that uses a sliding fee scale approved by the department.

History: Laws 1994, ch. 63, § 2; 2003, ch. 393, § 1.

The 2003 amendment, effective June 20, 2003, in Subsection C, deleted "or" following "nurse-midwife" and inserted "dentist or dental hygienist" at the end of Subsection C.

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