Section 21-26-3 - Definitions.
21-26-3. Definitions.
As used in the Osteopathic Intern Act [21-26-1 NMSA 1978]:
A. "board" ["commission"] means the board of educational finance [commission on higher education];
B. "hospital" means a fully accredited nonprofit osteopathic teaching hospital in New Mexico that accepts newly graduated physicians for internships in family practice; and
C. "osteopathic intern" means a graduate of a college of osteopathic medicine approved by the American Osteopathic Association and who has been accepted by a hospital for postdoctoral training in family practice.