Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 80 Part 1.djvu/1263

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PUBLIC LAW 89-751-NOV. 3, 1966

to the requirements of section 791(b)(2)(B) (iv) of this Act, where applicable. The Sur^eoii General is authorized to waive (in whole or in part) the provisions of this paragraph if he determines that the required increase in enrollment of full-time students in a center cannot, because of limitations of physical facilities available to the center for training, be accomplished without lowering the quality of training for such students. ''Special Improvement Grants "(c)(1) From the sums appropriated under subsection (a) for any fiscal year and not required for making grants under subsection (b), the Surgeon General may make an additional grant for such year to any training center for allied health professions which has an approved application therefor and for which an application has been approved under subsection (b), if he determines that the requirements of paragraph (2) are satisfied in the case of such applicant. "(2) No special improvement grant shall be made under this section unless (A) the Surgeon General determines that such grant will be utilized by the recipient training center to contribute toward provision, maintenance, or improvement of specialized function which the center serves, and (B) such center provides or will, with the aid of grants under this part, within a reasonable time provide training in not less than three of the curriculums which are specified in or pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) of section 795 and are related to each other to the extent prescribed in regulations. "(3) No grant to any center under this subsection may exceed $100,000 for any fiscal year. "Application for Grants " (d)(1) The Surgeon General may from time to time set dates (not earlier than in the fiscal year preceding the year for which a grant is sought) by which applications for basic or special improvejnent grants under this section for any fiscal year must be filed, "(2) A grant under this section may be made only if the application therefor is approved by the Surgeon General upon his determination that— " (A) it contains or is supported by assurances satisfactory to the Surgeon General that the applicant is a public or nonprofit private training center for allied health professions and will expend in carrying out its functions as such a center, 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 non-Federal 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; " (B) it contains such additional information as the Surgeon General may require to make the determinations required of him under this section and such assurances as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this section; and " (C) it 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 section. "(3) I n considering applications for grants under subsection (c), the Surgeon General shall take into consideration the relative financial need of the applicant for such a grant and the relative effectiveness

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