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 106 STAT. 2048 PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 or programs during the preceding 2-year period are engaged as full-time teaching facility in an allied health shortage specialty. "(c) LIMITATION. —The Secretary shall limit grants and contracts awarded or entered into under subsection (a) to those allied health fields or specialties as the Secretary shall, from time to time, determine to have— "(1) the most significant national or regional shortages of practitioners; "(2) insufficient numbers of qualified faculty in entry level or advanced educational programs; or "(3) a significant role in the care and rehabilitation of patients who are elderly or disabled including physical therapists and occupational therapists. (d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. — For purposes of this section, the term 'eligible entities' means entities that are— "(1) public or private nonprofit schools, universities, or other educational entities that provide for education and training in the allied health professions and that meet such standards as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe; or "(2) public or nonprofit private entities capable, as determined by the Secretary, of carrying out projects described in subsection (a). "(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1993 through 1995. 42 USC 294e. "SEC. 767. PROJECT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS. " (a) PROJECTS RELATED TO STRENGTHENING TRAINING AND INCREASING ENROLLMENT IN THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS. — The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with eligible entities to assist such entities in meeting the costs associated with expanding or establishing programs that will increase the number of individuals trained in allied health professions. Programs and activities funded under this section may include— "(1) those that expand enrollments in allied health professions with the greatest shortages or whose services are most needed by the elderly; "(2) those that provide rapid transition training programs in allied health fields to individuals who have baccalaureate degrees in health-related sciences; "(3) those that establish community-based allied health training programs that link academic centers to rural clinical settings; "(4) those that provide career advancement training for practicing allied health professionals; "(5) those that expand or establish clinical training sites for allied health professionals in medically underserved or rural communities in order to increase the number of individuals trained; "(6) those that develop curriculum that will emphasize knowledge and practice in the areas of prevention and health promotion, seriatrics, long-term care, home health and hospice care, and ethics; "(7) those that expand or establish interdisciplinary training programs that promote the effectiveness of allied health practitioners in geriatric assessment and the rehabilitation of the elderly;

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