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 PUBLIC LAW 105-392—NOV. 13, 1998 112 STAT. 3547 constitute at least 75 percent of the obligations of such individual under the Award. "SEC. 754. QUENTIN N. BURDICK PROGRAM FOR RURAL INTER- 42 USC 294d. DISCIPLINARY TRAINING. "(a) GRANTS.— The Secretary may make grants or contracts under this section to help entities fund authorized activities under an application approved under subsection (c). "(b) USE OF AMOUNTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Amounts provided under subsection (a) shall be used by the recipients to fund interdisciplinary training projects designed to— "(A) use new and innovative methods to train health care practitioners to provide services in rural areas; "(B) demonstrate and evaluate innovative interdisciplinary methods and models designed to provide access to cost-effective comprehensive health care; "(C) deliver health care services to individuals residing in rural areas; "(D) enhance the amount of relevant research conducted concerning health care issues in rural areas; and "(E) increase the recruitment and retention of health care practitioners from rural areas and make rural practice a more attractive career choice for health care practitioners. "(2) METHODS.— ^A recipient of funds under subsection (a) may use various methods in carrying out the projects described in paragraph (1), including— "(A) the distribution of stipends to students of eligible applicants; "(B) the establishment of a post-doctoral fellowship program; "(C) the training of faculty in the economic and logistical problems confronting rural health care delivery systems; or "(D) the purchase or rental of transportation and telecommunication equipment where the need for such equipment due to unique characteristics of the rural area is demonstrated by the recipient. "(3) ADMINISTRATION.— "(A) IN GENERAL.— An applicant shall not use more than 10 percent of the funds made available to such applicant under subsection (a) for administrative expenses. "(B) TRAINING.— Not more than 10 percent of the individuals receiving training with funds made available to an applicant under subsection (a) shall be trained as doctors of medicine or doctors of osteopathy. "(C) LIMITATION.— An institution that receives a grant under this section shall use amounts received under such grant to supplement, not supplant, amounts made available by such institution for activities of the type described in subsection (b)(1) in the fiscal year preceding the year for which the grant is received. " (c) APPLICATIONS. — Applications submitted for assistance under this section shall— "(1) be jointly submitted by at least two eligible applicants with the express purpose of assisting individuals in academic

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