Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 051 - Livestock Board
Sub-Agency 0001 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules
Chapter 23 - VETERINARY LOAN REPAYMENT RULES
Section 23-4 - Definitions

(a) "Application" means a completed application for a Loan Repayment Grant submitted to the Board.

(b) "Approved Area" means a geographic area or a community in Wyoming which is underserved and in need of Food Animal Veterinary Services. Approved Areas are developed by the Board after it has assessed the Food Animal Veterinary Service needs of the state by geographic area in consultation with the Wyoming Board of Veterinary Medicine and the Wyoming Veterinary Medical Association. The Board shall create a list of Approved Areas. The Board may designate any or all areas of the state as an Approved Area. A copy of the list of Approved Areas may be requested by contacting the Board's office in Cheyenne.

(c) "Board" means the Wyoming Livestock Board.

(d) "Contract Agreement" means a legally enforceable contract between the Board, the Grantee, and the Sponsor, which describes their responsibilities and duties. A sample Contract Agreement may be requested by contacting the Board's office in Cheyenne.

(e) "Educational Expenses" mean the total Outstanding Educational Loans the Applicant or Grantee has acquired as a direct result of undergraduate or postgraduate educational training directly related to providing Food Animal Veterinary Services.

(f) "Food Animal" means cattle, sheep, swine, or goats.

(g) "Food Animal Veterinary Services" means the provision of veterinary services for food animals including, but not limited to, herd health, disease diagnosis, prevention and treatment, and obstetrics.

(h) "Grantee" means an Applicant that has been selected by the Board to receive a Loan Repayment Grant pursuant to W.S. 11-18-119.

(i) "Loan Repayment Grant" means a grant of funds awarded by the Board that must be used by a Grantee to pay his Educational Expenses in exchange for performing Food Animal Veterinary Services in an Approved Area for a minimum of three (3) years. Seventy five percent (75%) of the Loan Repayment Grant shall be paid by the Board in accordance with the Program requirements and twenty five percent (25%) of the Loan Repayment Grant shall be paid with matching funds provided by a Sponsor.

(j) "Outstanding Educational Loans" mean an outstanding educational loan made by a bank, credit union, savings and loan association, insurance company, school, or credit institution, or a government loan made by a federal, state, county, or city agency that was accepted by an Applicant or Grantee to pay for his undergraduate or postgraduate educational training directly related to providing Food Animal Veterinary Services.

(k) "Sponsor" means any city, county, veterinary clinic, animal care facility, state agency, university, laboratory, veterinary association, or combination thereof that provides twenty five percent (25%) matching funds for a Grantee's Loan Repayment Grant.

(l) "Veterinarian" means an individual who has graduated from a school of veterinary medicine and who is licensed to practice in the State of Wyoming.