Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 76-381

  • Board: means the Kansas state board of regents. See Kansas Statutes 76-345
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Program: means the affiliated family practice residency training program authorized by this act. See Kansas Statutes 76-367
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • University: means the university of Kansas school of medicine. See Kansas Statutes 76-367

As used in Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 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, obstetrics and gynecology, general psychiatry, child psychiatry 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; (4) the university of Kansas school of medicine if serving as full-time faculty as provided in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 76-384(c), and amendments thereto; 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 blind, the Kansas state school for the deaf, any institution under the secretary for aging and disability services, as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 76-12a01, and amendments thereto, any institution as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 38-2302, and amendments thereto, the Kansas soldiers’ home, the Kansas veterans’ home and any correctional institution under the secretary of corrections, as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-5202, and amendments thereto, but shall not include any state educational institution under the state board of regents, as defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 76-711, and amendments thereto, except as specifically provided by statute.