Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 1.djvu/1024

 101 STAT. 994

PUBLIC LAW 100-177—DEC. 1, 1987 •

"(3) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make such application forms, contract forms, and other information available to individuals desiring to participate in the Loan Repayment Program on a date sufficiently early to ensure that such individuals have adequate time to carefully review and evaluate such forms and information. "(d) PRIORITY.—In determining which applications under the Loan Repa3ment Program to approve (and which contracts to accept), the Secretary shall give priority to applications made by— "(1) individuals whose training is in a health profession or specialty determined by the Secretary to be needed by the Corps; and "(2) individuals who are committed to service in medically underserved areas. "(e) APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual becomes a participant in the Loan Repayment Program only on the Secretary's approval of the individual's application submitted under subsection (b)(3) and the Secretary's acceptance of the contract submitted by the individual under subsection (b)(4). "(2) WRITTEN NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide written notice to an individual promptly on— "(A) the Secretary's approving, under paragraph (1), of the individual's participation in the Loan Repa5ment Program; or "(B) the Secretary's disapproving an individual's participation in such Program. "(f) CONTENTS OP CONTRACTS.—The written contract (referred to in this subpart) between the Secretary and an individual shall contain— "(1) an agreement that— "(A) subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary agrees— "(i) to pay on behalf of the individual loans in accordance with subsection (g); and "(ii) to accept (subject to the availability of appropriated funds for carrying out sections 331 through 335 and section 337) the individual into the Corps (or for equivalent service as otherwise provided in this subf part); and "(B) subject to paragraph (3), the individual agrees— "(i) to accept loan payments on behalf of the individual; "(ii) in the case of an individual described in subsection (b)(l)(A), to maintain enrollment in a course of study or training described in such subsection until the individual completes the course of study or training; "(iii) in the case of an individual described in subsection (b)(l)(A), while enrolled in such course of study or training, to maintain an acceptable level of academic standing (as determined under regulations of the Secretary by the educational institution offering such course of study or training); and "(iv) to serve for a time period (hereinsifter in this subpart referred to as the 'period of obligated service') equal to 2 years or such longer period as the individual may agree to, in a health manpower shortage area (designated under section 332) to which such individual

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