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PUBLIC LAW 88-581-SEPT. 4, 1964

[78 STAT.

of an existing school of nursing which are so obsolete as to require the school to curtail substantially either its enrollment or the quality of the training provided; "(4) the plans and specifications are in accordance with regulations relating to minimum standards of construction and equipment; and "(5) the application contains or is supported by adequate assurance that any laborer or mechanic employed by any contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on the construction of the facility will be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, ^^49stat.^^iou; ^s amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a5). The Secretary of Labor "'^' ^' • shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this paragraph, the authority and functions set forth in Reorganiza5 USC 133Z.15 tion Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 64 Stat. 1267), and "°63"Stat. 108. section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276c). Before approving or disapproving an application for a construction project under this part, the Surgeon General shall secure the advice of the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training established by section 841 (hereinafter in this part referred to as the 'council'). "(c) I n considering applications for grants, the Council and the Surgeon General shall take into account— " (1)(A) in the case of a project for a new school or for expansion of the facilities of an existing school, the relative effectiveness of the proposed facilities in expanding the capacity for the training of first-year students of nursing in the field involved and in promoting an equitable geographical distribution of opportunities for such training (giving due consideration to population, relative unavailability of nurses of the kind to be trained by such school, and available resources in various areas of the Nation for training such nurses); or " (B) in the case of a project for replacement or rehabilitation of existing facilities of a school, the relative need for such replacement or rehabilitation to prevent curtailment of the school's enrollment or deterioration of the quality of the training provided by the school, and the relative size of any such curtailment and its effect on the geographical distribution of opportunities for training in the field of nursing involved (giving consideration to the factors mentioned above in paragraph (A)); and " (2) in the case of an applicant in a State which has in existence a State or local area agency involved with planning for nurse training facilities, or which participates in a regional or other interstate agency involved with planning for nurse training facilities, the relationship of the application to the construction or training program which is being developed by such agency or agencies and, if such agency or agencies have reviewed such application, any comment thereon submitted by them.

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