# 77 Ill. Adm. Code 5900.590.20: Section 590.20 Definitions

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## Section

- **Citation:** 77 Ill. Adm. Code 5900.590.20
- **Heading:** Section 590.20 Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 77  /  / Part 5900  / Section 590.20 Definitions

## Text

Section 590
TITLE 77: PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SUBCHAPTER h: GRANTS, LOANS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND WAIVERS FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS, PATHOLOGISTS, AND PROVIDERS
PART 590 UNDERSERVED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WORKFORCE CODE
SECTION 590.20 DEFINITIONS
Section
590.20  Definitions
When used in this Part, the following terms have the meanings
ascribed in this Section:
"Academic year" means
September 1 in one year through August 31 of the next year, or as otherwise
defined by the accredited school.
"Accredited family medicine
residency" means a training program meeting the requirements of the
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, or the Committee on
Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association.
"Accredited medical
school" means a college or university at which a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
degree or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree is earned.  For an
M.D., the college or university is accredited by the Liaison Committee on
Medical Education (http://lcme.org/).  For a D.O., the college or university is
accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation
(https://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/accreditation/COM-accreditation/Pages/default.aspx).
"Act" means the Underserved
Health Care Provider Workforce Act [110 ILCS 935].
"Administrative law
judge" or "ALJ" shall have the meaning ascribed in 77 Ill. Adm.
Code 100 (Practice and Procedure in Administrative Hearings).
"Advanced practice registered
nurse" or "APRN" means a person who has met the qualifications
for a certified nurse midwife (CNM), certified nurse practitioner (CNP);
certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA); or clinical nurse specialist
(CNS) and has been licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation. (Section 50-10 of the Nurse Practice Act)
"Authorized
representative" means a person who has authority to act on behalf of the
legal entity or person that is an applicant or grantee
idwife (CNM), certified nurse practitioner (CNP);
certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA); or clinical nurse specialist
(CNS) and has been licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional
Regulation. (Section 50-10 of the Nurse Practice Act)
"Authorized
representative" means a person who has authority to act on behalf of the
legal entity or person that is an applicant or grantee.  Authorized representatives
are:  for a corporation, any of its officers or members of its board of
directors; for a limited liability company, any of its managers or members; for
a partnership, any of its general partners; and for a sole proprietor, the
individual who is the sole proprietor.
"Board certified
physician" means a physician who has passed a medical specialty
examination and who has maintained certification of that specialty from a
nationally recognized medical specialty board certification body.
"Board eligible
physician" means a physician who has completed the requirements for
admission to a medical specialty board examination but has not yet taken and
passed the examination.
"Breach of service
obligation" means failure for any reason to begin or complete all of a
contractual service commitment.
"Business day" means
Monday through Friday.  It does not include a federal or State government
declared holiday, Saturday or Sunday.
"Calendar day" means all
days in a month or prescribed time frame.  It includes weekends and federal or
State government declared holidays.
"Center" means the
Center for Rural Health of the Illinois Department of Public Health.
"Certified U.S. Mail"
means U.S. Mail for which proof of delivery is obtained.
"Children's Health Insurance
Program" or "CHIP" means health coverage that is provided to
eligible children, through the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
Services.
"Chiropractic
physician" means a chiropractic physician as defined in the Medical
Practice Act of 1987
llinois Department of Public Health.
"Certified U.S. Mail"
means U.S. Mail for which proof of delivery is obtained.
"Children's Health Insurance
Program" or "CHIP" means health coverage that is provided to
eligible children, through the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family
Services.
"Chiropractic
physician" means a chiropractic physician as defined in the Medical
Practice Act of 1987.
(Section 3.11 of the Act)
"Commercial loans" means
loans made by banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, insurance
companies, and other licensed financial institutions.
"Committee" means the
Advisory Committee for Residency Programs.
(Section 3.03 of the Act)
"Community-based organization"
means a locally organized and locally recognized group of individuals whose
goals include efforts to lawfully maintain or increase the availability of
health care in their community.
"Construction" means the
establishment of a new building (including the installation of fixed
equipment), or completion of shell space in an existing building.
"Construction costs" or
"Modernization costs" means expenses from a construction contract.
"Continuous attendance"
means enrollment in an accredited medical school for an entire academic year
and for the total duration of time it takes the student to complete medical
education, up to the maximum number of years the recipient is eligible to receive
the scholarship.  Continuous attendance shall be deemed to have been broken if
the student goes more than 12 months without successfully completing a
medical-related course from an accredited medical school.
"Default" means failure
to meet all legal obligations or conditions of a loan.
"Deferment" means the
temporary delay or postponement of a scholarship recipient's continuous
attendance or service obligation or an educational loan repayment recipient's
service obligation.
"Department" means
the Illinois Department of Public Health
ing a
medical-related course from an accredited medical school.
"Default" means failure
to meet all legal obligations or conditions of a loan.
"Deferment" means the
temporary delay or postponement of a scholarship recipient's continuous
attendance or service obligation or an educational loan repayment recipient's
service obligation.
"Department" means
the Illinois Department of Public Health.
(Section 3.01 of the Act)
"Designated Shortage
Area" means an area designated by the Director as a physician shortage
area, a medically underserved area
or a health professional shortage area
,
or a critical health manpower shortage area as defined by the United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, or as further defined by the
Department to enable it to effectively fulfill the purpose stated in Section 2
of the Act.  Such areas may include the following:
an urban or rural area which is
a rational area for the delivery of health services;
a population group;
a public or nonprofit private
medical facility; or
a government-owned, privately
owned, independent, or provider-based Rural Health Clinic or hospital that
accepts Medicaid, Medicare, the State's Children's Health Insurance Program,
private insurance, and self-pay.
(Section 3.04 of the Act)
"Direct patient care"
means care of a patient provided by an eligible health care provider.  It may
involve any aspect of the health care of a patient, including diagnostic and
treatment services; support services such as laboratory, radiologic, and
pharmacy; counseling; in-service for self-care; patient education; and
administration of medication.
"Director" means the
Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health.
(Section 3.02 of the
Act)
"Disabled" shall have
the meaning ascribed in Section (2)(A)(2.1) of the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Females and Persons with Disabilities Act.
"Disability" shall have
the meaning ascribed in Section 1-103(I) of the Illinois Human Rights Act
ducation; and
administration of medication.
"Director" means the
Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health.
(Section 3.02 of the
Act)
"Disabled" shall have
the meaning ascribed in Section (2)(A)(2.1) of the Business Enterprise for
Minorities, Females and Persons with Disabilities Act.
"Disability" shall have
the meaning ascribed in Section 1-103(I) of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
"Due diligence" means
action taken toward the completion of a project with the diligence and
foresight that persons of ordinary prudence and care would exercise under
similar circumstances.
"Data Universal Numbering
System" or "DUNS" is a system that assigns a unique numeric
identifier, referred to as a DUNS number, to a single business entity.
"Educational loan repayment
award" or "award" means the amount of funding awarded to a
recipient based upon reasonable educational expenses, up to a maximum
established by the program.
"Eligible health care
provider" means a primary care physician, general surgeon, emergency
medicine physician, obstetrician, anesthesiologist, chiropractic physician, advanced
practice registered nurse, or physician assistant who accepts Medicaid,
Medicare, the State's Children's Health Insurance Program, private insurance,
and self-pay.
(Section 3.09 of the Act)
"Eligible medical student"
means a person who meets all of the following qualifications:
He or she is an Illinois
resident at the time of application for a scholarship;
He or she is studying medicine
in
an accredited
medical school located in Illinois or studying
chiropractic medicine in a chiropractic college or institution in Illinois;
He or she exhibits financial
need as determined by the Department; and
He or she agrees to practice
full-time,
at a Department approved site, located
in a Designated
Shortage Area
in Illinois
as a primary care physician, general surgeon, emergency
medicine physician, obstetrician, or chiropractic physician one year for each
year he or she is a scholarship recipient
or institution in Illinois;
He or she exhibits financial
need as determined by the Department; and
He or she agrees to practice
full-time,
at a Department approved site, located
in a Designated
Shortage Area
in Illinois
as a primary care physician, general surgeon, emergency
medicine physician, obstetrician, or chiropractic physician one year for each
year he or she is a scholarship recipient.
(Section 3.07 of the Act)
"Emergency medicine
physician" means a physician licensed to practice medicine in Illinois
under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 with a specialty dedicated to the care
and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical
attention.
"Equipment" means tangible
personal property of a non-consumable nature that may be acquired by a
purchase, lease purchase, or installment contract that has a value exceeding
$100.
"Equipment costs" means the
cost of movable capital equipment that is not in a construction or renovation
contract.
"Federally Qualified Health
Center" or "FQHC" means a health center funded under section 330
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b).
"Federally Qualified Health
Center Look-Alike" or "FQHC Look-Alike" means an organization
that meets the requirements for receiving a grant under section 330 of the
Public Health Service Act but does not receive federal grants under that
authority.
"Federal poverty level as published
in the Federal Register" means the poverty level population figures
published annually in the Federal Register.  The Federal Register may be found
at the website:  https://www.federalregister.gov/.
"Fellowship" means
optional medical training, usually one year, completed after residency
training.
"Fiscal year" means the
financial operating year of Illinois State government.  It begins on July 1 and
ends on June 30 of the next calendar year.
"Fixed equipment" means
assets that are usually attached and integral to the building's function
at the website:  https://www.federalregister.gov/.
"Fellowship" means
optional medical training, usually one year, completed after residency
training.
"Fiscal year" means the
financial operating year of Illinois State government.  It begins on July 1 and
ends on June 30 of the next calendar year.
"Fixed equipment" means
assets that are usually attached and integral to the building's function.
"Forbearance" means the postponement
of loan payments by a lender for a temporary period to give the borrower time
to make up overdue payments.
"Full-time
practice" means a recipient works a minimum of 40 hours per week, for a
minimum of 45 weeks per year, at a medical facility located in a designated
shortage area in Illinois.  For general surgeons and emergency medicine
physicians, full-time practice means working a minimum of 32 hours per week,
for a minimum of 45 weeks per year, at a medical facility located in a
designated shortage area in Illinois.
"Funding period" means
the time frame during which grant funds are to be expended by the grantee
(usually corresponding with the Department's fiscal year).
"General surgeon" means
a physician licensed to practice medicine in Illinois under the Medical
Practice Act of 1987 after successful completion of an accredited surgical
residency program, with a specialty in the diagnosis, preoperative, operative,
and postoperative surgical management of a patient.
"Good academic standing"
means a student is matriculating with the rest of that student's class, as
determined by the student's medical school.
"Government loans" means
loans made by federal, State, county or city agencies authorized to make those
loans.
"Grant" means funds
awarded under the Act.
"Grantor agency"
means
any agency of State government which dispenses grant funds
t of a patient.
"Good academic standing"
means a student is matriculating with the rest of that student's class, as
determined by the student's medical school.
"Government loans" means
loans made by federal, State, county or city agencies authorized to make those
loans.
"Grant" means funds
awarded under the Act.
"Grantor agency"
means
any agency of State government which dispenses grant funds.
(Section 2(a) of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act)
"Grant Agreement" or
"agreement" means the agreement entered into between the Department
and the grantee setting forth the terms and conditions of a scholarship or
educational loan repayment award.
"Grant funds"
means
public funds dispensed
by the Department
to any person or
entity for obligation, expenditure or use for a specific purpose.
(Section
2(b) of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act)
"Grantee" means a
person
or entity which may use grant funds.
(Section 2(c) of the Illinois Grant
Funds Recovery Act)
"Health Professional Shortage
Area Score" or "HPSA score" means the HPSA shortage severity
score calculated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
"Hospital" means a
location defined in and licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act [210 ILCS 85].
"Illinois resident"
means a person who is a resident of Illinois at the time of application for a
Medical Student Scholarship or educational loan repayment award and who is a
citizen or national of the United States.
"Legal holiday" means a
holiday set by statute, during which government working hours are suspended.
"Lender"
means the commercial or government entity that made the qualifying loan.
"Matriculation fees" means
the actual educational expenses charged to all students by the various medical
schools. These fees are charged to offset the expenses incurred by the school
in areas such as the application and enrollment processing, library use,
mandatory health insurance, and student activities
nded.
"Lender"
means the commercial or government entity that made the qualifying loan.
"Matriculation fees" means
the actual educational expenses charged to all students by the various medical
schools. These fees are charged to offset the expenses incurred by the school
in areas such as the application and enrollment processing, library use,
mandatory health insurance, and student activities.
"Medicaid" means a
health insurance program for individuals with limited income and limited
financial assets.  The Medicaid program is jointly administered and funded by
the federal and State government.
"Medical school" means
any private or public nonprofit school in Illinois that provides education
leading to a doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy degree, that is
approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation,
pursuant to the Medical Practice Act of 1987, and that is accredited by the Liaison
Committee on Medical Education (http://lcme.org/) or the Commission on
Osteopathic College Accreditation
(https://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/accreditation/COM-accreditation/Pages/default.aspx).
"Medical facility"
means a facility for the delivery of health services and includes a hospital,
State mental health institution, public health center, outpatient medical
facility, rehabilitation facility, long term care facility, community mental
health center, migrant health center, community health center,
rural health
clinic,
or State correctional institution.
(Section 3.08 of the Act)
"Medical student" means an
individual studying medicine in an accredited medical school located in
Illinois or an individual studying chiropractic medicine in a chiropractic
college or institution in Illinois.
"Medically underserved
area" or "MUA" means a location designated by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services based on the availability of primary
care physicians, demographic characteristics, and health status of the
residents of a service area
ted medical school located in
Illinois or an individual studying chiropractic medicine in a chiropractic
college or institution in Illinois.
"Medically underserved
area" or "MUA" means a location designated by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services based on the availability of primary
care physicians, demographic characteristics, and health status of the
residents of a service area.  The designation is used to identify areas in need
of additional health care services.  MUAs can be found at:
https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area/mua-find.
"Medically underserved
population" or "MUP" means individuals who:
reside in an HHS designated Health
Professional Shortage Area or a medically underserved area;
who are designated a medically
underserved population by HHS; or
who reside in an area designated
by the Department as underserved.
"Medicare" means the
federal government's health insurance program for:  people who are 65 or older;
certain younger people with disabilities; and people with End-Stage Renal
Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes
called ESRD).
"Metropolitan Statistical
Area" or "MSA" means one or more adjacent counties that have at
least one urban core area of at least 50,000 population, plus adjacent
territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the
core, as measured by commuting ties.
"Modernization" means
alteration, renovation, upgrading, or improvement of an existing building.
"Null and void" means an
application submitted to the Department has no legal force and is invalid.
"Obligation" or
"Obligated" means a requirement for a grantee to make future payments
from grant funds that result from financial transactions that have occurred
with vendors or other entities in relation to the grantee's activities.
"Obstetrician" means a
physician licensed to practice medicine in Illinois under the Medical Practice
Act of 1987 with a specialty dedicated to pregnancy, childbirth and the
postpartum period
ans a requirement for a grantee to make future payments
from grant funds that result from financial transactions that have occurred
with vendors or other entities in relation to the grantee's activities.
"Obstetrician" means a
physician licensed to practice medicine in Illinois under the Medical Practice
Act of 1987 with a specialty dedicated to pregnancy, childbirth and the
postpartum period.
"Official transcript"
means transcripts that have been received directly from the institution or have
been issued to the applicant or recipient in a sealed envelope, which shall
remain sealed until its arrival at the Department.  The transcript shall
include the institution's official seal, the date the transcript was issued,
and the registrar's signature.  The transcript will be verifiable by the
Department.
"Part-time practice"
means a recipient works a minimum of 20 hours per week, but no more than 39
hours per week, for a minimum of 45 weeks per year, at a medical facility
located in a designated shortage area in Illinois.  For general surgeons and
emergency medicine physicians, part-time practice means working a minimum of 16
hours per week but no more than 24 hours per week, for a minimum of 45 weeks
per year, at a medical facility located in a designated shortage area in
Illinois.
"Physician assistant"
means an individual licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987
[225 ILCS 95].
"Practice location"
means the physical location where the eligible health care provider practices
predominately.  For full-time eligible health care providers, this means
working at least 21 hours per week at this location.  For general surgeons and
emergency medicine physicians, this means working at least 17 hours per week at
this location.  For part-time providers, this means working at least 11 hours
per week at this location.  For part-time providers who are general surgeons
and emergency medicine physicians, this means working at least nine hours per
week at this location
1 hours per week at this location.  For general surgeons and
emergency medicine physicians, this means working at least 17 hours per week at
this location.  For part-time providers, this means working at least 11 hours
per week at this location.  For part-time providers who are general surgeons
and emergency medicine physicians, this means working at least nine hours per
week at this location.
"Primary care" means
health care that encompasses prevention services, basic diagnostic and
treatment services, and support services, including laboratory, radiologic, and
pharmacy.
"Primary care
physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in all of its
branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 with a specialty in Family
Practice, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, or Pediatrics as
defined by recognized standards of professional medical practice.
(Section
3.05 of the Act)
"Private insurance"
means a health insurance plan sold by the private health insurance industry.
This involves employer-sponsored plans and private coverage purchased outside
of the workplace from the individual and family health insurance marketplace.
"Project completion"
means that the project has concluded based on the project objectives and within
the time frame requirements in the Grant Agreement.
"Qualifying loan" means
government or commercial loans used for tuition and reasonable educational and
living expenses related to the medical degree that was obtained by the
recipient prior to the recipient's application for loan repayment.  These loans
shall be contemporaneous with the education received.
"Rational area" means
the geographic area surrounding a physician's office, a hospital or a clinic,
from which the residents of the geographic area may be reasonably expected to
seek health care from the physician, hospital or clinic located within that
geographic area.
"Real property" means
lands, structures, buildings, and anything that is affixed to them
aneous with the education received.
"Rational area" means
the geographic area surrounding a physician's office, a hospital or a clinic,
from which the residents of the geographic area may be reasonably expected to
seek health care from the physician, hospital or clinic located within that
geographic area.
"Real property" means
lands, structures, buildings, and anything that is affixed to them.  Real
property does not include items that can be moved, including equipment and
furniture.
"Reasonable educational
expenses" means the actual costs for education, exclusive of tuition.
These costs include, but are not limited to, matriculation fees, books,
supplies, clinical travel, educational equipment, materials, board
certification, or licensing examinations.  These costs shall not exceed the
estimated standard budget for expenses for the degree program and for the years
of enrollment.
"Reasonable living
expenses" means room and board, transportation and commuting costs.  These
expenses shall not exceed the estimated standard budget for the recipient's
degree program and for the years of enrollment.
"Recipient" means a
medical student receiving funds from the Illinois Medical Student Scholarship Program
or an eligible health care provider receiving educational loan repayment funds.
"Residency matching
process" means the U.S. National Resident Matching Program that
coordinates the matching of medical students with the hospitals and residency
training programs in the medical students' selected specialty. The matching
application process usually lasts from June through September of one year, with
match announcements made in March of the following year.
"Residency program"
means a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education
(http://www.acgme.org/)
or the Committee on Postdoctoral
training of the American Osteopathic Association
(http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/accreditation/postdoctor-training-approval/Pages/default.aspx)
ember of one year, with
match announcements made in March of the following year.
"Residency program"
means a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education
(http://www.acgme.org/)
or the Committee on Postdoctoral
training of the American Osteopathic Association
(http://www.osteopathic.org/inside-aoa/accreditation/postdoctor-training-approval/Pages/default.aspx)
.
(Section 3.06 of the Act)
"Residency training"
means the years of graduate medical education that follow medical school and that
train the new physician in his or her chosen specialty (e.g., family medicine,
pediatrics).
"Rural" means any
geographic area not located in a U.S. Bureau of the Census Metropolitan
Statistical Area; or a county located within a Metropolitan Statistical Area
but having a population of 60,000 or less; or a community located within a
Metropolitan Statistical Area but having a population of 2,500 or less.
"Rural Health Clinic"
means a clinic that is located in a rural area designated as a shortage area,
is not a rehabilitation agency or a facility primarily for the care and
treatment of mental diseases and provides primary care and routine laboratory
services to medically underserved populations.
"Self-pay" means a
patient who pays for their health-related service in absence of insurance to
cover the medical or surgical procedure performed.
"Service obligation"
means an eligible health care provider who practices full-time or part-time at
a medical facility in a designated shortage area in Illinois.  For medical
student scholarship recipients, the physician must work
one year for each
year he or she is a scholarship recipient.
(Section 3.07(d) of the Act)
For educational loan repayment recipients, the
eligible
health care provider
must work full-time for two years or part-time for
four years at a medical facility in a designated shortage area in Illinois for
the initial grant term.
"Shell space" means
space constructed to meet future needs
ian must work
one year for each
year he or she is a scholarship recipient.
(Section 3.07(d) of the Act)
For educational loan repayment recipients, the
eligible
health care provider
must work full-time for two years or part-time for
four years at a medical facility in a designated shortage area in Illinois for
the initial grant term.
"Shell space" means
space constructed to meet future needs.  It is space enclosed by an exterior
building shell, but otherwise unfinished inside.
"Submission of
application" means that a complete grant, scholarship or educational loan
repayment application has been received by the Department by the established
deadline.  Submission does not mean that the application is postmarked by the
established submission deadline but arrives at the Department on a later date.
"Supplant" means to
replace, to take the place of, or to supersede.  As used in this Part, grant
funds cannot be used to replace or supersede other sources of funding.
"Supplies" means a
general purpose consumable item that commonly has a shorter life span than
equipment, and that is stocked for recurring use.
"Supplies expense" means
the actual costs incurred for general purpose consumable items that have a
shorter life span than equipment and that are stocked for recurring use.
"Suspension" means an
action by the Department to suspend a recipient's participation in Department
grant and loan repayment programs for a specified period of time.
"Termination for cause" means
termination of
employment caused by the eligible health care provider's personal dishonesty,
willful misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty, intentional failure to perform
stated duties, or the willful violation of any law, rule or regulation, any of
which results in material loss to the employer.
"Termination
without cause" means termination of the eligible health care provider's
employment for the convenience of the employer.
"Toll" or
"Tolling" means to pause, postpone or suspend the running of a
defined time period
iary duty, intentional failure to perform
stated duties, or the willful violation of any law, rule or regulation, any of
which results in material loss to the employer.
"Termination
without cause" means termination of the eligible health care provider's
employment for the convenience of the employer.
"Toll" or
"Tolling" means to pause, postpone or suspend the running of a
defined time period.
"Total and permanent
disability" means a physical or mental impairment, disease, or loss of a
permanent nature that prevents employment with or without reasonable
accommodation.
"Travel" means the
actual cost incurred by a grantee's employees to travel to fulfill specific job
requirements.  These costs could include air travel, local transportation, per
diem, mileage allowance and lodging.
"Tuition" means the
established charges of a medical school for instruction at that institution.
"United States citizen"
means an individual born in the United States; Puerto Rico (on or after April
11, 1899); the Canal Zone or the Republic of Panama (on or after February 26,
1904); the Virgin Islands (on or after January 17, 1917); Guam (after April 11,
1899); or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (on or after
November 4, 1986); foreign-born children, under age 18, residing in the U.S.
with their birth or adoptive parents, at least one of whom is a U.S. citizen by
birth or naturalization; and individuals granted citizenship status by the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Immigration Service. (See https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-a-chapter-2#footnote-6)
"Urban" means any
geographic area that does not meet the definition of "rural" in this Section.
"Waiver" means to
permanently relieve a scholarship or educational loan repayment recipient's
continuous attendance or service obligation, expressly put forth in writing.

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- [77 Ill. Adm. Code 5900.590.30 Section 590.30  Referenced Materials](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T77_P5900_S590_30.md)
- [77 Ill. Adm. Code 5900.590.40 Section 590.40  Administrative Hearings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T77_P5900_S590_40.md)
- [77 Ill. Adm. Code 5900.590.50 Section 590.50  Award of Grants (Repealed)](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T77_P5900_S590_50.md)
- [77 Ill. Adm. Code 5900.590.60 Section 590.60  Advisory Committee for Residency Programs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T77_P5900_S590_60.md)

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Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IL_IAC_T77_P5900_S590_20. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.