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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="24-1701" title_number="24" title_name="Miscellaneous Provisions" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Education loan” means any loan that is obtained for tuition, educational expenses, or living expenses for undergraduate or graduate study leading to practice as a physician or physician assistant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Fund” means the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Primary care” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Primary care;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Family medicine;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Internal medicine;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Obstetrics;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Pediatrics;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Geriatrics;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Emergency medicine;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Women’s health;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Psychiatry; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Preventative medicine.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Program” means the Maryland Loan Assistance Repayment Program for Physicians and Physician Assistants.</text>
  </level>
</section>
