Section 200-J:2 Agreements Authorized.
I. The governor is authorized to enter into an agreement on behalf of the state with the board of trustees of any veterinary medical school accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association, or its successor organization, for the purpose of providing veterinary medical education to qualified New Hampshire residents.
II. The governor is authorized to enter into an agreement on behalf of the state with Dartmouth medical school and other medical schools for the purpose of providing allopathic and osteopathic medical education to qualified New Hampshire residents.
III. The governor is authorized to enter into an agreement on behalf of the state with the New England college of optometry for the purpose of providing optometric education to qualified New Hampshire residents.
IV. The contracts provided for in paragraphs I, II, and III of this section shall provide for the enrollment of not more than 5 students each for veterinary and optometric school for each class year, and not more than 20 students for medical school for each class year. An appropriate sum shall be paid yearly for each student so enrolled. The actual amount paid per student shall be subject to the amount appropriated each biennium for this purpose by the general court and the specific contract negotiated with each institution by the postsecondary education commission.
V. There shall be included in each contract with a medical, veterinary, or optometric school a provision stating that the capitation payment to be made by New Hampshire for a slot in the school shall not increase for the student filling that slot; that the amount paid for a slot filled by a particular student shall remain the same as long as that particular student shall remain the student filling that slot.
VI. A total of not more than 5 students for each class year may be enrolled in all schools which contract to provide veterinary medical education.
VII. A total of not more than 20 students for each class year may be enrolled in all schools which contract to provide allopathic and osteopathic medical education.
VIII. A total of not more than 5 students for each class year may be enrolled in all schools which contract to provide optometric education.
IX. Upon application by each student seeking admission to veterinary, medical or optometry school under this plan, the postsecondary education commission shall certify to the school applied to whether such student is a resident of New Hampshire in accordance with the definition of ""resident'' established by the board of trustees of the university of New Hampshire and the guidelines established by such trustees to determine if a student is a resident; provided, however, that an applicant shall be eligible for such assistance only if he has been domiciled in this state for at least 12 months prior to submitting an application for assistance. The postsecondary education commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to make certain that the benefits of this chapter are afforded only to bona fide residents.
X. Any applicant who is aggrieved by a final determination of the postsecondary education commission which denies his application may appeal to the superior court of Merrimack county pursuant to RSA 187:29, III.
XI. In this chapter, ""New Hampshire resident'' shall include any student who graduated from a New Hampshire high school in the past 6 years.
Source. 1979, 353:2. 2003, 232:2-5, eff. Sept. 5, 2003.