Definitions

110 ILCS 949/10, under Loan Repayment Assistance for Physicians Act.

110 ILCS 949/10

(110 ILCS 949/10)     Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.

    "Educational loans" means higher education student loans that a person has incurred in attending a registered professional physician education program, including a medical school or a chiropractic college or institution.

    "Physician" means a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987.

    "Program" means the educational loan repayment assistance program for physicians established by the Department under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 103-219, eff. 1-1-24.)