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Limitation.

76 Stat. 458.

Limitation.

PUBLIC LAW 92-426-SEPT. 21, 1972

[86 STAT.

"§ 2123. Members of the program: active duty obligation; failure to complete training; release from program ''(a) A member of the program incurs an active duty obligation. The amount of his obligation shall be determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, but those regulations may not provide for a period of obligation of less than one year for each year of participation in the program. "(b) A period of time spent in military intern or residency training shall not be creditable in satisfying an active duty obligation imposed by this section. "(c) A member of the program who, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, is dropped from the program for deficiency in conduct or studies, or for other reasons, may be required to perform active duty in an appropriate military capacity in accordance with the active duty obligation imposed by this section. " (d) The Secretary of a military department, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may relieve a member of the program who is dropped from the program from any active duty obligation imposed by this section, but such relief shall not relieve him from any military obligation imposed by any other law. "(e) Any member of the program relieved of his active duty obligation under this chapter before the completion of such obligation may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, be assigned to an area of health manpower shortage designated by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare for a period equal to the period of obligation from which he was relieved. "§ 2124. Members of the program: numbers appointed "The number of persons who may be designated as members of the program for training in each health profession shall be as prescribed y^y ^]-^g Secretary of Defense, except that the total number of persons so designated in all of the programs authorized by this chapter shall not, at any time, exceed 5,000. "§2125. Members of the program: exclusion from authorized strengths "Xotwithstanding any other provision of law, members of the program shall not be counted against any prescribed military strengths. "§ 2126. Members of the program: service credit "Service performed while a member of the program shall not be counted— "(1) in determining eligibility for retirement other than by reason of a physical disability incurred while on active duty as a member of the program; or " (2) in computing years of service creditable under section 205, other than siibsection (a)(7) and (8), of title 37. " (a) The Secretary of Defense may provide for the payment of all educational expenses incurred by a member of the program, including tuition, fees, books, and laboratory expenses. Such payments, however, shall be limited to those educational expenses normally incurred by students at the institution and in the health profession concerned who are not members of the program. "(b) The Secretary of Defense may contract with an accredited civilian educational institution for the payment of tuition and other educational expenses of members of the program authorized by this chapter. Payment to such institutions may be made without regard to section 8(i4ft of the Revised Statutes (31 T'.S.(\.>-2S)).
 * § 2127. Contracts for scholarships: payments

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