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 PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

102 STAT. 3135

"(A) to plan and develop new residency training programs and to maintain or improve existing residency training programs in preventive medicine; and "(B) to provide financial assistance to residency trainees enrolled in such programs. "(2) ADMINISTRATION.—

"(A) AMOUNT.—The gmiount of any grant under paragraph (1) shall be determined by the Secretary. "(B) APPLICATION.—No grant may be made under para- Regulations. graph (1) unless an application therefor is submitted to and approved by the Secretary. Such an application shall be in such form, submitted in such manner, and contain such information, as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe. "(C) EuGiBiLiTY.—To be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1), the applicant must demonstrate to the Secretary that it has or will have available full-time faculty members with training and experience in the fields of preventive medicine and support from other faculty members trained in public health and other relevant specialties and disciplines. "(D) OTHER FUNDS.—Schools of medicine, osteopathy, and

public health may use funds committed by State, local, or county public health officers as matching amounts for Federal grant funds for residency training programs in preventive medicine. "(d) PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may msike grants to and Grants. enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private schools of Contracts. medicine and osteopathy and other public or nonprofit private entities to meet the costs of projects to plan, develop, and operate or maintain programs for the training of physician assistants (as defined in section 701(8)). "(2) APPLICATIONS.—No grant or contract may be made under paragraph (1) unless the application therefor contains or is supported by assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the school or entity receiving the grant or contract has appropriate mechanisms for placing graduates of the training program with respect to which the application is submitted in positions for which they have been trained. "(e) CERTAIN PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS

OF PoDiATRic MEDICINE.—The Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and nonprofit private hospitals and schools of pediatric medicine for the purpose of planning and implementing projects in primary care training for podiatric physicians in approved or provisionally approved residency programs which shall provide financial assistance in the form of traineeships to residents who participate in such projects and who plan to specialize in primary care. "(f) AUTHORIZATIONS.—(I)(A) For the purpose of carrying out subsections (a), (b), and (e), there are authorized to be appropriated $2,400,000 for fiscal year 1989, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1990, and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1991. "(B) Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subparagraph (A) for each of the fiscal years 1989 through 1991, the Secretary shall make available 20 percent of such amounts to carry out subsection (a) and 25 percent of such amounts to carry out subsection (e).

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