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PUBLIC LAW 88-581-SEPT. 4, 1964

[78 STAT.

authorized by this title and making recommendations with respect to continuation, extension, and modification of any of such programs. Report to Secre- ^ report of the fiudiugs and recommendations of such committee shall be submitted to the Secretary not later than November 1, 1967, after Report to Con- which date such committee shall cease to exist. The Secretary shall gress. submit such report, together with his comments and recommendations thereon, to the Congress on or before January 1, 1968. "(c) Appointed members of the Council or the review committee who are not regular full-time employees of the United States shall, while attending conferences or meetings thereof, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary but not exceeding $75 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 75^sta5r339°34o. ^^ ^^^ Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. "NONINTERFERENCE WITH ADMINISTRATION OF INSTITUTIONS

"SEC. 842. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed as authorizing any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over, or impose any requirement or condition with respect to, the personnel, curriculum, methods of instruction, or administration of any institution. "DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 843. For purposes of this title— " (a) The term 'State' means a State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands. " (b) The term 'school of nursing' means a collegiate, associate degree, or diploma school of nursing. "(c) The term 'collegiate school of nursing' means a department, division, or other administrative unit in a college or university which provides primarily or exclusively an accredited program of education m professional nursing and allied subjects leading to the degree of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of nursing, or to an equivalent degree, or to a graduate degree in nursing. " (d) The term 'associate degree school of nursing' means a department, division, or other administrative unit in a junior college, community college, college, or university which provides primarily or exclusively an accredited two-year program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading to an associate degree in nursing or to an equivalent degree. " (e) The term 'diploma school of nursing' means a school affiliated with a hospital or university, or an independent school, which provides primarily or exclusively an accredited program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading to a diploma or to equivalent indicia that such program has been satisfactorily completed. " (f) The term 'accredited' when applied to any program of nurse education means a program accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education, except that a program which is not, at the time of the application under this title by the school which provides or will provide such program, eligible for accreditation by such a recognized body or bodies, shall be deemed accredited for purposes of this title in the following cases if the Commissioner of Education finds, after consultation with the

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