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 106 STAT. 2078 PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 for full certification in the health profession selected by the individual.**. 42 USC 297n. SEC. 210. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM REGARDING SERVICE IN CER^ TAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Part B of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297 et seq.) is amended by striking subpart IV. SEC. 211. TRANSFER OF LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL. —Part B of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by section 210 of this Act, is amended— 42 USC 297b. (1) in section 836— (A) by striking subsection (h); and (B) by redesignating subsections (i) through (k) as subsections (h) through (j), respectively; 42 USC 297C-1. (2) by striking section 837A; and (3) by adding at the end the following subpart: "Subpart IV—Loan Repayment Program "LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM 42 USC 297n. «SEC. 846. (a) IN GENERAL. — In the case of any individual— "(1) who has received a baccalaureate or associate degree in nursing (or an equivalent degree), a diploma in nursing, or a graduate degree in nursing; "(2) who obtained (A) one or more loans from a loan fund established under subpart II, or (B) any other educational loan for nurse training costs; and "(3) who enters into an agreement with the Secretary to serve as nurse for a period of not less than two years in an Indian Health Service health center, in a Native Hawaiian health center, in a public hospital, in a migrant health center, in a community health center, in a rural health clinic, or in a public or nonprofit private health facility determined by the Secretary to have a critical shortage of nurses; the Secretary shall make payments in accordance with subsection (b), for and on behalf of that individual, on the principal of and interest on any loan of that individual described in paragraph (2) of this subsection which is outstanding on the date the individual begins the service specified in the agreement described in paragraph (3) of this subsection. "(b) MANNER OF PAYMENTS.— The payments described in subsection (a) shall be made by the Secretary as follows: "(1) Upon completion by the individual for whom the pay- ments are to be made of the first year of the service specified in the agreement entered into with the Secretary under subsection (a), the Secretary shall pay 30 percent of the principal of, and the interest on each loan of such individual described in subsection (a)(2) which is outstanding on the date he began such practice. "(2) Upon completion by that individual of the second year of such service, the Secretary shall pay another 30 percent of the principal of, and the interest on each such loan. "(3) Upon completion by that individual of a third year of such service, the Secretary shall pay another 25 percent of the principal of, and the interest on eacn such loan.

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