§ 57.2802 - Definitions.

Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended.

Full-time student means a student enrolled in a school and pursuing a course of study which constitutes a full-time academic workload, as determined by the school, leading to a degree from a health professions school, as specified in section 799(1)(A) of the Act.

Health professions school or school means, for this subpart, a public or private nonprofit school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, or veterinary medicine providing a course of study, or a portion thereof, as defined in section 799(1)(A) of the Act and as accredited in section 799(1)(E) of the Act.

National of the United States means (1) a citizen of the United States, or (2) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States, as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, at 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22).

Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other officer or employee of the Department to whom the authority involved has been delegated.

State means, in addition to the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia.