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title: O.C.G.A. § 20-3-518.3. Purchases of loans made for educational purposes.
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# O.C.G.A. § 20-3-518.3. Purchases of loans made for educational purposes.

(a) The board may provide for the purchase of loans made to students or former students who are residents of Georgia for educational purposes who have completed a program of study in the field of doctor of veterinary medicine or its equivalent and are authorized to practice veterinary medicine in this state, with services in the form of the practice of veterinary medicine while residing in this state to be rendered as consideration for such loan purchases.

(b) Only persons whose veterinary medicine practices in this state include food animal specialties and have been practicing such specialties for ten years or less shall be eligible for loan purchases under this part.

## History

Code 1981, § 20-3-518.3, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 333, § 2/HB 60; Ga. L. 2025, p. 447, § 1/HB 172, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, inserted “or former students” in subsection (a) and inserted “and have been practicing such specialties for ten years or less” in subsection (b).