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 106 STAT. 2034 PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 "PART C—TRAINING IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 42 USC 293J. "SEC. 746. AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER PROGRAMS. "(a) AUTHORITY FOR PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— "(1) ASSISTANCE FOR PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPER- ATION OF PROGRAMS.— "(A) The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine for the planning, development, and operation of area health education center programs. pa3nnents are made from an award under subparagraph (A) may not exceed 12 years. The provision of the payments shall be subject to annual approval by the Secretary of the payments and subject to the availability of appropriations ror the fiscal year involved to make the payments. The preceding sentence may not be construed as establishing a limitation on the number of awards under such subparagraph that may be made to the school involved. "(ii) In the case of an area health education center planned, developed, or operated with an award under subparagraph (A), the period during which the award is expended for the center may not exceed 6 years. GRAMS. — "(A) The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to schools of medicine and osteopathic medicine— program under section 802 of the Health Professionals Educational Assistance Act of 1976 in fiscal year 1979 or under paragraph (1), or "(ii) which are receiving assistance under paragraph (1), to carry out projects described in subparagraph (B) through area health education centers for which Federal financial assistance was provided under paragraph (1) and which are no longer eligible to receive such assistance. "(B) Projects for which assistance may be provided under subparagraph (A) are— " (i) proiects to improve the distribution, supply, quality, utilization, ana efficiency of health personnel in the health services delivery system; " (ii) projects to encourage the regionalization of educational responsibilities of the health professions schools; and "(iii) projects designed to prepare, through preceptorships and other programs, individuals subject to a service obligation under the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program to effectively provide health services in health professional shortage areas. "(C) In the case of the requirement established in section 3804(e)(l) of part 57 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (42 CFR 57.3804(e)(l)) (relating to the location of area health education centers), the Secretary shall waive
 * (B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), the period during which
 * (2) ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS OF EXISTING PRO-
 * (i) which have previously received Federal financial assistance for an area health education center

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