ORS 348.390

(1) There is established in the State Treasury a fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund, to be known as the Rural Medical Education Loan Fund, which may be invested in the same manner as the Oregon Student Assistance Fund. This fund may receive funds from state and private sources for the purpose of making loans to student residents of this state who are determined to be eligible to receive funds under ORS 348.310 to 348.390. Interest earned by the fund shall be credited to the fund.

(2) All funds for and relating to loans received by the Executive Director of the Office of Student Access and Completion, including repayments, interest and penalties, for the Rural Medical Education Loan Fund, except moneys appropriated from the State Treasury for a specified period of time, are continuously appropriated to the Rural Medical Education Loan Fund for the purposes for which the fund was created.