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PUBLIC LAW 89-290-OCT. 22, 1965

[79 STAT.

Commissioner finds, after consultation with the appropriate accreditation body or bodies, that there is reasonable assurance that the school will meet the accreditation standards of such body or bodies prior to the beginning of the academic year following the normal graduation date of students who are in their first year of instruction at such school during the fiscal year in which the Surgeon General makes a final determination as to approval of the application, or (B) in the case of any other school, the Commissioner finds after such consultation and after consultation with the Surgeon General that there is reasonable ground to expect that, with the aid of a grant or grants under this part, having regard for the purposes of the grant sought, such school will meet such accreditation standards within a reasonable time. "(c) The Surgeon General shall not approve or disapprove any application for a ^rant under this part except after consultation with the National Advisory Council on Medical, Dental, Optometric, and Podiatric Education (established by section 774). " (d) A grant under this part may be made only if the application therefor— "(1) is approved by the Surgeon General upon his determination that the applicant meets the eligibility conditions set forth in subsection (6) of this section; "(2) contains or is supported by assurances satisfactory to the Surgeon General that the applicant will expend in carrying out its functions as a school of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, optometry, or podiatry, as the case may be, during the fiscal year for which such grant is sought, an amount of funds (other than funds for construction as determined by the Surgeon General) from nonFederal sources which are at least as great as the average amount of funds expended by such applicant for such purpose in the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which such grant is sought; " (3) contains such additional information as the Surgeon General may require to make the determinations required of him under this part and such assurances as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this part; and " (4) provides for such fiscal-control and accounting procedures and reports, and access to the records of the applicant, as the Surgeon General may require to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this part. "(e) I n considering applications for grants under section 772, the Surgeon General shall take into consideration the relative financial need of the applicant for such a grant and the relative effectiveness of the applicant's plan in carrying out the purposes set forth in clauses (1) or (2) of subsection (b) of section 7T2 and in contributing to an equitable geographical distribution of schools offering high-quality training of physicians, dentists, optometrists, and podiatrists. "NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON MEDICAL, DENTAL, OPTOMETRIC, AND PODIATRIC E D U C A T I O N

Membership.

"SEC. 774. (a) There is hereby established in the Public Health Service a National Advisory Council on Medical, Dental, Optometric, and Podiatric Education consisting of the Surgeon General, who shall be Chairman, and twelve members appointed without regard to the civil service laws by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and such appointments may be made for specified staggered terms. The appointed members

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