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 112 STAT. 3554 PUBLIC LAW 105-392—NOV. 13, 1998 "(B) to provide financial assistance to residency trainees enrolled in such programs; "(6) the retraining of existing public health workers as well as for increasing the supply of new practitioners to address priority public health, preventive medicine, public health dentistry, and health administration needs; "(7) preparing public health professionals for employment at the State and community levels; or "(8) other activities that may produce outcomes that are consistent with the purposes of this section. " (e) TRAINEESHIPS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —With respect to amounts used under this section for the training of health professionals, such training programs shall be designed to— "(A) make public health education more accessible to the public and private health workforce; "(B) increase the relevance of public health academic preparation to public health practice in the future; "(C) provide education or training for students from traditional on-campus programs in practice-based sites; or "(D) develop educational methods and distance-based approaches or technology that address adult learning requirements and increase knowledge and skills related to community-based cultural diversity in public health education. "(2) SEVERE SHORTAGE DISCIPLINES.—Amounts provided under grants or contracts under this section may be used for the operation of programs designed to award traineeships to students in accredited schools of public health who enter educational programs in fields where there is a severe shortage of public health professionals, including epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, toxicology, public health nursing, nutrition, preventive medicine, maternal and child health, and behavioral and mental health professions. 42 USC 295a. "SEC. 766. PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING CENTERS. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary may make grants or contracts for the operation of public health training centers. " (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —^A public health training center shall be an accredited school of public health, or another public or nonprofit private institution accredited for the provision of graduate or specialized training in public health, that plans, develops, operates, and evaluates projects that are in furtherance of the goals established by the Secretary for the year 2000 in the areas of preventive medicine, health promotion and disease prevention, or improving access to and quality of health services in medically underserved communities. "(2) PREFERENCE. —In awarding grants or contracts under this section the Secretary shall give preference to accredited schools of public health. "(c) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. — With respect to a public health training center, an award may not be made under subsection (a) unless the program agrees that it— "(1) will establish or strengthen field placements for students in public or nonprofit private health agencies or organizations;

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