Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 86.djvu/757

 86 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-426-SEPT. 21, 1972

715

staff shall be employed under salary schedules and granted retirement and other related benefits prescribed by the Secretary of Defense so as to place the employees of the University on a comparable basis with the employees of fully accredited schools of the health professions within the vicinity of the District of Columbia. The Board may confer academic titles, as appropriate, upon military and civilian members of the faculty. The military members of the faculty shall include a professor of military, naval, or air science as the Board may determine. " (g) The Board is authorized to negotiate agreements with agencies re^ourcTi.Ttu'i^aof the Federal Government to utilize on a reimbursable basis appro- tion agreements. priate existing Federal medical resources located in or near the District of Columbia. Under such agreements the facilities concerned will retain their identities and basic missions. The Board is also authorized to negotiate affiliation agreements with an accredited university or universities in or near the District of Columbia. Such agreements may include provisions for payments for educational services provided students participating in Department of Defense educational programs. The Board may also, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense, enter into an agreement under which the University would become part of a national university of health sciences should such an institution be established in the vicinity of the District of Columbia. " (h) The Board may establish postdoctoral, postgraduate, and technological institutes. "(i) The Board shall also establish programs in continuing medical ica°"dCci"fon^'^ education for military members of the health professions to the end programs. that high standards of health care may be maintained within the military medical services. " (a) Students at the University shall be selected under procedures prescribed by' the Secretary of Defense. In so prescribing, the Secretary shall consider the recommendations of the Board. However, selection procedures prescribed by the Secretary of Defense shall emphasize the basic requirement that students demonstrate sincere motivation and dedication to a career in the uniformed services (as defined in section 1072(1) of this title). 72 Stat. i446; "(b) Students shall be commissioned officers of a uniform service as ^° ^'^'' ^^^^' determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense after consulting with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, they shall serve on active duty in pay grade O - l with full pay and allowances of that ^^^l ^^^ ^°^ grade, but shall not be counted against any prescribed military strengths. Upon graduation they shall be appointed in a regular component, if qualified, unless they are covered by section 2115 of this title. Students who graduate shall be required, except as provided in section 2115 of this title, to serve thereafter on active duty under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, as appropriate, may prescribe for not less than seven years, unless sooner released. The service credit exclusions specified in section 2126 of this title shall apply to students covered by ^°^'' P- ^^^• this section.
 * '§2114. Students: selection; status; obligation

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