Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A. Education § 11802. Definitions

1. Clinical education site. “Clinical education site” includes both clinical clerkship sites and preceptorship sites.

1-A. Authority. “Authority” means the Finance Authority of Maine.

1-B. Chief executive officer. “Chief executive officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Finance Authority of Maine.

2. Final determination of residency. “Final determination of residency” means the decision on residency made subject to rules of the department. Criteria for these rules shall include length of residence, secondary school attended, legal residence of parent, voting registration and place where taxes are paid.

3. Primary care. “Primary care” means the practice of general or family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology.

4. State capitation payment. “State capitation payment” means the amount agreed on between the State and the institution for the purchase of the student space.

5. State contract student. A “state contract student” means a Maine resident who is enrolled in an educational program at an educational institution for which program the State:

6. Underserved area. “Underserved area” means an underserved geographic area, underserved specialty area, underserved population group or any combination of these in the State.

7. Obligated national service. “Obligated national service” means:

8. Nonresident tuition. “Nonresident tuition” means tuition charged persons who do not hold residency in the State where the institution is located. If no distinction is made at the institution between the tuition charged resident and nonresident students, then nonresident tuition means the tuition charged all students.