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. ANNOTATIONSThe 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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