051-23 Wyo. Code R. §§ 23-4 - Definitions
(a) "Application" means a completed
application for a Loan Repayment Grant submitted to the Board.
(b) "Approved Area" means a geographic area
or a community in Wyoming which is underserved and in need of Food Animal
Veterinary Services. Approved Areas are developed by the Board after it has
assessed the Food Animal Veterinary Service needs of the state by geographic
area in consultation with the Wyoming Board of Veterinary Medicine and the
Wyoming Veterinary Medical Association. The Board shall create a list of
Approved Areas. The Board may designate any or all areas of the state as an
Approved Area. A copy of the list of Approved Areas may be requested by
contacting the Board's office in Cheyenne.
(c) "Board" means the Wyoming Livestock
Board.
(d) "Contract Agreement"
means a legally enforceable contract between the Board, the Grantee, and the
Sponsor, which describes their responsibilities and duties. A sample Contract
Agreement may be requested by contacting the Board's office in
Cheyenne.
(e) "Educational
Expenses" mean the total Outstanding Educational Loans the Applicant or Grantee
has acquired as a direct result of undergraduate or postgraduate educational
training directly related to providing Food Animal Veterinary
Services.
(f) "Food Animal" means
cattle, sheep, swine, or goats.
(g)
"Food Animal Veterinary Services" means the provision of veterinary services
for food animals including, but not limited to, herd health, disease diagnosis,
prevention and treatment, and obstetrics.
(h) "Grantee" means an Applicant that has
been selected by the Board to receive a Loan Repayment Grant pursuant to
W.S.
11-18-119.
(i) "Loan Repayment Grant" means a grant of
funds awarded by the Board that must be used by a Grantee to pay his
Educational Expenses in exchange for performing Food Animal Veterinary Services
in an Approved Area for a minimum of three (3) years. Seventy five percent
(75%) of the Loan Repayment Grant shall be paid by the Board in accordance with
the Program requirements and twenty five percent (25%) of the Loan Repayment
Grant shall be paid with matching funds provided by a Sponsor.
(j) "Outstanding Educational Loans" mean an
outstanding educational loan made by a bank, credit union, savings and loan
association, insurance company, school, or credit institution, or a government
loan made by a federal, state, county, or city agency that was accepted by an
Applicant or Grantee to pay for his undergraduate or postgraduate educational
training directly related to providing Food Animal Veterinary
Services.
(k) "Sponsor" means any
city, county, veterinary clinic, animal care facility, state agency,
university, laboratory, veterinary association, or combination thereof that
provides twenty five percent (25%) matching funds for a Grantee's Loan
Repayment Grant.
(l) "Veterinarian"
means an individual who has graduated from a school of veterinary medicine and
who is licensed to practice in the State of Wyoming.
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