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 104 STAT. 3016 PUBLIC LAW 101-597—NOV. 16, 1990 appropriate governmental agencies or health entities in the area, to assist and cooperate with the Corps in providing effective primary health services; and "(3) take into consideration comments of medical, osteopathic, dental, or other health professional societies whose members deliver services to the health manpower shortage area, or if no such societies exist, comments of physicians, dentists, or other health professionals delivering services to the area. " (b) EXCLUSIVE FACTORS FOR DETERMINING GREATEST SHORT- AGES. —In making a determination under subsection (a)(l)(A) of the health manpower shortage areas with the greatest such shortages, the Secretary may consider only the following factors: "(1) The ratio of available health manpower to the number of individuals in the area or population group involved, or served by the medical facility or other public facility involved. "(2) Indicators of need as follows: "(A) The rate of low birthweight births. "(B) The Tate of infant mortality. "(C) The rate of poverty. "(D) Access to primary health services, taking into account the distance to such services. " (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING PRIORITIES. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary shall establish criteria specifying the manner in which the Secretary makes a determination under subsection (a)(1)(A) of the health manpower shortage areas with the greatest such shortages. Such criteria shall specify the manner in which the factors described in subsection (b) are implemented regarding such a determination. Federal "(2) PUBLICATiON OF CRITERIA. — The Criteria required in parapuSication. graph (1) shall be published in the Federal Register not later than July 1, 1991, Any revisions made in the criteria by the Secretary shall be effective upon publication in the Federal Register. " (d) NOTIFICATIONS REGARDING PRIORITIES. — " (1) PREPARATION OF UST FOR APPLICABLE PERIOD. — For the purpose of carrying out paragraph (2), the Secretary shall prepare a list of health manpower shortage areas that are receiving priority under subsection (a)(1) in the assignment of Corps members for the period applicable under subsection (f). Such list— "(A) shall include a specification, for each such health manpower shortage area, of the entities for which the Secretary has provided an authorization to receive assignments of Corps members in the event that Corps members are available for the assignments; and "(B) shall, of the entities for which an authorization described in subparagraph (A) has been provided, specify— "(i) the entities provided such an authorization for the assignment of Corps members who are participating in the Scholarship Program; "(ii) the entities provided such an authorization for the assignment of Corps members who are participating in the Loan Repayment Program; and "(iii) the entities provided such an authorization for the assignment of Corps members who have become Corps members other than pursuant to contractual

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