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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 126-JUNE 15, 1943 Standards of in- struction. Furnishing of items without charge. Pay of student nurses. Completion of train- ing. Transfers to Federal hospitals. Determination of grants. For items furnished student nurses. For items furnished graduate nurses. Recrntment agree- ments. tial civilian services for the duration of the present war, and such nurse so states in her application for inclusion under the plan; (b) That nurses under the plan will be provided courses of study and training meeting standards prescribed by the Surgeon General; (c) That the institution will furnish student nurses under the plan (without charge for tuition, fees, or other expenses) courses of study and training, uniforms, insignia, and maintenance in accord- ance with regulations of the Surgeon General; (d) That the institution will pay student nurses under the plan a stipend at not less than the following monthly rates: $15 for the first nine months of study; $20 for the following fifteen to twenty-one months of combined study and practice, depending upon the curricu- lum of such institution; (e) That the institution will either afford student nurses under the plan an opportunity to complete their course of training until gradua- tion at such institution and will pay such student nurse a stipend at a monthly rate not less than $30 for the period following the period of combined study and practice and prior to graduation, or will transfer such student, after completion of the period of combined study and practice and prior to graduation, for training in some other institution, but only if such training may be credited toward gradua- tion, and the institution to which the nurse is transferred agrees to pay her a stipend at a monthly rate of not less than $30 until graduation; and (f) That where extramural credit toward graduation can be given under the law of the State in which the institution is located, such institution will make transfers to Federal hospitals, under the con- ditions specified in subsection (e), in any case where a student nurse desires such transfer and appropriate request for such transfer is made on behalf of such hospital. SEc. 3. From the sums appropriated therefor the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay each institution, with a plan approved under section 2- (1) with respect to items furnished student nurses thereunder, amounts determined by the Surgeon General to compensate such institution for- (A) reasonable tuition and fees for the courses of study and training; (I1) reasonable maintenance provided pursuant to section 2 for the first nine months of their course of study and training, to the extent that such maintenance is not com- pensated for by the value of their services during such period; (C) uniforms and insignia, provided in accordance with section 2; and (D) the minimum rate of stipend specified in section 2 for periods prior to completion of the course of combined study and training referred to in such section: and (2) with respect to items furnished graduate nurses thereunder. amounts determined by the Surgeon General to compensate such institution for reasonable tuition and fees for postgraduate and refresher course of study, and reasonable maintenance for gradu- ate nurses undertaking postgraduate courses, or such portion of such amounts as may be determined in accordance with regula- tions of the Surgeon General.' SEc. 4. The Surgeon General is authorized, with the approval of the Federal Security Administrator, to enter into agreements with [57 STAT.

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