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 PUBLIC LAW 101-597 —NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3019 section 333, the Secretary shall, subject to making the assignment in accordance with section 333A, seek to assign to the entity a Corps member who has (and whose spouse, if any, has) characteristics that increase the probability that the member will remain in the health manpower shortage area involved after the completion of the period of service in the Corps. "0)) COUNSEUNG ON SERVICE IN CORPS. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall, subject to paragraph (3), offer appropriate counseling on service in the Corps to individuals during the period of membership in the Corps, particularly during the initial period of each assignment. "(2) CAREER ADVISOR REGARDING OBLIGATED SERVICE. — "(A) In the case of individuals who have entered into contracts for obligated service under the Scholarship or Loan Repayment Program, counseling under paragraph (1) shall include appropriate counseling on matters particular to such obligated service. The Secretary shall ensure that career advisors for providing such counseling are available to such individuals throughout the period of participation in the Scholarship or Loan Repayment Program. "(B) With respect to the Scholarship Program, counseling under paragraph (1) shall include counseling individuals during the period in which the individuals are pursuing an educational degree in the health profession involved, including counseling to prepare the individual for service in the Corps. "(3) EXTENT OF COUNSEUNG SERVICES. — With respect to individuals who have entered into contracts for obligated service under the Scholarship or Loan Repayment Program, this subsection shall be carried out regarding such individuals throughout the period of obligated service (and, additionally, throughout the period specified in paragraph (2)(B), in the case of the Scholarship Program). With respect to Corps members generally, this subsection shall be carried out to the extent practicable. "(c) GRANTS REGARDING PREPARATION OF STUDENTS FOR PRAC- TICE.— With respect to individuals who have entered into contracts for obligated service under the Scholarship or Loan Repayment Program, the Secretary may make grants to, and enter into contracts with, public and nonprofit private entities (including health professions schools) for the conduct of programs designed to prepare such individuals for the effective provision of primary health services in the health manpower shortage areas to which the individuals are assigned. "(d) ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING LOCAL PROFESSIONAL RELATION- SHIPS.— The Secretary shall assist Corps members in establishing appropriate professional relationships between the Corps member involved and the health professions community of the geographic area with respect to which the member is assigned, including such relationships with hospitals, with health professions schools, with area health education centers under section 781, with health education and training centers under such section, and with border health education and training centers under such section. Such assistance shall include assistance in obtaining faculty appointments at health professions schools. " (e) TEMPORARY REUEF FROM CORPS DUTIES.—

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