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 PUBLIC LAW 94-484—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2243

Public Uw 94-484 94th Cpngress An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend the programs of assistance under title VII for training in the health and allied health professions, to revise the National Health Service Corps program and the National Health Service Corps scholarship training program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE: R E F E R E N C E TO ACT

1. (a) This Act may be cited as the "Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976". (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Public Health Service Act. SECTION

Oct. 12. 1976 [H.R. 5546]

Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976. 42 USC 201 note.

FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds and declares that— (1) the availability of high quality health care to all Americans is a national goal; (2) the availability of high quality health care is, to a substantial extent, dependent upon— (A) the availability of qualified health professions personnel; and (B) the availability of adequate numbers of physicians engaged in the delivery of primary care, including family practice, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics, and in the various specialties, but numbers which do not exceed the need for physicians in such specialties; (3) there are many areas in the United States which are unable to attract adequate numbers of health professions personnel to meet their health care needs; and (4) physician specialization has resulted in inadequate numbers of physicians engaged in the delivery of primary care, (b) The Congress further finds and declares that— (1) health professions personnel are a national health resource and the Federal Government shares the responsibility of assuring that such qualified personnel are available to meet the health care needs of the American people; (2) it is therefore appropriate to provide support for the education and training of such personnel; and (3) at the same time it is appropriate to provide such support in a manner which will assure the availability of health professions personnel to all of the American people. (c) The Congress further finds and declares that there is no longer an insufficient number of physicians and surgeons in the United States such that there is no further need for affording preference to alien physicians and surgeons in admission to the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

42 USC 292 note.

8 USC 1101 note.

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