15-30-2369. (Temporary) Credit for physician practicing in rural area -- definitions. For the purposes of 15-30-2369 through 15-30-2372, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Commences practice" means the location or relocation of a physician's principal place of practice to a rural area and the start of a practice that is open to the general public, including recipients of medical assistance under Title 53. The term does not include the relocation of a physician's practice from one rural area to a different rural area.
     (2) "Rural area" means a place without a hospital of at least 60 beds located within a radius of 30 miles. (Repealed effective December 31, 2010--secs. 6, 8(4), Ch. 361, L. 2007.)

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 771, L. 1991; Sec. 15-30-188, MCA 2007; redes. 15-30-2369 by Sec. 1, Ch. 147, L. 2009.