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76-381. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 76-380 through 76-386, and amendments thereto: (a) "Act" means the medical student loan act; (b) "approved postgraduate residency training program" means a residency training program in general pediatrics, general internal medicine, family medicine, family practice, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, general psychiatry, child psychiatry or fellowship training in geriatric medicine; (c) "service commitment area" means: (1) Any community within any county in Kansas other than Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee or Wyandotte county; (2) any state medical care facility or institution; (3) any medical center operated by the veterans administration of the United States; (4) the university of Kansas school of medicine if serving as full-time faculty as provided in K.S.A. 76-384(c), and amendments thereto; or (5) any community within Wyandotte county for purposes of any practice obligation under an agreement entered into by a person who is enrolled for the first time after July 1, 2004, in a course of study leading to the medical degree; and (d) "state medical care facility or institution" includes, but is not limited to, the Kansas state school for the blind, the Kansas state school for the deaf, any institution under the secretary for aging and disability services, as defined in K.S.A. 76-12a01, and amendments thereto, any institution as defined in K.S.A. 38-2302, and amendments thereto, the Kansas soldiers' home, the Kansas veterans' home and any correctional institution under the secretary of corrections, as defined in K.S.A. 75-5202, and amendments thereto, but shall not include any state educational institution under the state board of regents, as defined in K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto, except as specifically provided by statute. History: L. 1992, ch. 243, § 2; L. 1996, ch. 229, § 137; L. 1999, ch. 149, § 12; L. 2002, ch. 103, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 146, § 5; L. 2006, ch. 169, § 134; L. 2009, ch. 40, § 2; L. 2014, ch. 115, § 413; L. 2017, ch. 12, § 1; L. 2023, ch. 95, § 6; July 1. Revisor's Note: L. 1997, ch. 118, § 16 amended this section as it existed prior to its amendment in 1996, see 76-381a. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Mentioned in discussion of meaning of "courses of study" in definition of education institution under K.S.A. 79-3602. In re Tax Appeal of Graceland College Center, 40 Kan. App. 2d 665, 678, 195 P.3d 245 (2008). Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026