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 112 STAT. 3532 PUBLIC LAW 105-392—NOV. 13, 1998 health, chiropractic, or alHed health, a school offering a graduate program in behavioral and mental health practice, or an entity providing programs for the training of physician assistants; and "(B) is carrying out a program for recruiting and retaining students from disadvantaged backgrounds, including students who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups. "(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL. —The term 'eligible individual' means an individual who— "(A) is from a disadvantaged background; "(B) has a financial need for a scholarship; and "(C) is enrolled (or accepted for enrollment) at an eligible health professions or nursing school as a full-time student in a program leading to a degree in a health profession or nursing. 42 USC 293b. " SEC. 738. LOAN REPAYMENTS AND FELLOWSHIPS REGARDING FAC- ULTY POSITIONS. "(a) LOAN REPAYMENTS.— Contracts. " (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— The Secretary shall establish a program of entering into contracts with individuals described in paragraph (2) under which the individuals agree to serve as members of the faculties of schools described in paragraph (3) in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to pay, for each year of such service, not more than $20,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such individuals. "(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— The individuals referred to in paragraph (1) are individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who— "(A) have a degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, or another health profession; "(B) are enrolled in an approved graduate training program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, or other health profession; or "(C) are enrolled as full-time students— "(i) in an accredited (as determined by the Secretary) school described in paragraph (3); and "(ii) in the final year of a course of a study or program, offered by such institution and approved by the Secretary, leading to a degree from such a school. "(3) ELIGIBLE HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOLS.—The schools described in this paragraph are schools of medicine, nursing (as schools of nursing are defined in section 801), osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, podiatric medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, or public health, or schools offering graduate programs in behavioral and mental health. " (4) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FACULTY POSITIONS.—The Secretary may not enter into a contract under paragraph (1) unless— "(A) the individual involved has entered into a contract with a school described in paragraph (3) to serve as a member of the faculty of the school for not less than 2 years; and

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