Utah Admin. Code R765-628-3 - Definitions

(1) "Certifying officer" means the designated Commissioner's Office employee who:

(a) promotes PSEP opportunities to Utah residents;

(b) processes certification applications for prospective students seeking to enroll through eligible PSEP programs; and

(c) serves as the office liaison with WICHE staff for the purposes of processing funds for each student and tracking the student's academic progress through graduation.

(2) "Commissioner's Office" means the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education.

(3) "Domicile" means the student's residence for the purpose of determining resident student status, as determined by the student's:

(a) bodily presence;

(b) fixed permanent home and principal establishment to which, if absent, the student intends to return; and

(c) concurrent intent to voluntarily reside permanently in that location, and not for a special or temporary purpose.

(4) "PSEP" means the WICHE Professional Student Exchange Program, which is a regional exchange program for students pursuing certain professional healthcare degrees at participating universities in other WICHE states and territories whereby the student pays reduced tuition because the student's home state pays a fee to the enrolling institution to reduce tuition costs.

(5) "Support fee" means the agreed upon award amount set for each eligible program and academic year, as negotiated between WICHE and the cooperating programs and approved biennially, in even years, by the WICHE Commission.

(6) "WICHE" means the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R765-628-3

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-05, effective 2/14/2024