§ 136.302 Definitions.

As used in this subpart: (a) Act means the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Pub. L. 94–437 (25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).

(b) Academic year means the traditional approximately 9 month September to June annual session, except for students who attend summer session in addition to the traditional academic year during a 12 month period, for whom the academic year will be considered to be of approximately 12 months duration.

(c) [Reserved]

(d) Compensatory preprofessional education means any preprofessional education necessary to compensate for deficiencies in an individual's prior education in order to enable that individual to qualify for enrollment in a health professions school.

(e) Health or educational entity means an organization, agency, or combination thereof, which has the provision of health or educational programs as one of its major functions.

(f) Health professions school means any of the schools defined in paragraphs (m), (n), or (o) of this section.

(g) Hospital means general, tuberculosis, mental, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient departments, extended care facilities, facilities related to programs for home health services, self-care units, education or training facilities for health professions personnel operated as an integral part of a hospital, and central services facilities operated in connection with hospitals, but does not include any hospital providing primarily domicillary care.

(h) Indian or Indians means, for purposes of Subdivisions J–2, J–3, J–4, and J–8 of this subpart, any person who is a member of an Indian tribe, as defined in parargraph (i) of this section or any individual who (1), irrespective of whether he or she lives on or near a reservation, is a member of a tribe, band or other organized group terminated since 1940 and those recognized now or in the future by the State in which they reside, or who is the natural child or grandchild of any such member, or (2) is an Eskimo or Aleut or other Alaska Native, or (3) is considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose, or (4) is determined to be an Indian under regulations promulgated by the Secretary.