Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/816

 90 STAT. 2284

Report to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 94-464—OCT. 12, 1976 "(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, individuals who have entered into written contracts with the Secretary under this section, while undergoing academic training, shall not be counted against any employment ceiling affecting the Department. "(t) The Secretary shall report to Congress on December 1 of each year— "(1) the number, and type of health profession training, of students receiving scholarships under the Scholarship Program; "(2) the educational institutions at which such students are receiving their training; "(3) the number of applications filed under this section in the school year beginning in such year and in prior school years; and "(4) the amount of tuition paid in the aggregate and at each educational institution for the school year beginning in such year and for prior school years. "(j) The administrative unit which administers section 770 shall— "(1) participate in the development of regulations, funding priorities, and application forms, and "(2) be consulted by, and may make recommendations to, the Secretary in the review of applications for scholarships and grants, with respect to the Scholarship Program. OBLIGATED SERVICE

42 USC 294u.

Notification.

"SEC. 752. (a) Except as provided in section 763, each individual who has entered into a written contract with the Secretary under section 751 shall provide service in the full-time clinical practice of such individuars profession as a member of the Corps for the period of obligated service provided in such contract. "(b)(1) The Secretary shall notify each individual required to provide service under the Scholarship Program, not later than 60 days before the date described in paragraph (5), of the opportunity of such individual to serve in the full-time clinical practice of his profession either as a commissioned officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Service or as a civilian member of the Corps. The Secretary shall include in such notice sufficient information regarding the advantages and disadvantages to each alternative to enable an individual to make a decision on an informed basis. "(2) To be eligible to provide obligated service as a commissioned officer in the Service, an individual shall notify the Secretary, not later than 30 days before the date described in paragraph (5), of the individual's desire to provide such service as such an officer. "(3) If an individual who has notified the Secretary under paragraph (2) qualifies for an appointment as such an officer, the Secretary shall, as soon as possible after the date described in paragraph (5), appoint the individual as a commissioned officer of the Regular or Reserve Corps and of the Service and shall designate the individual as a member of the Corps. If an individual who has notified the Secretary under paragraph (2) does not so qualify, the Secretary shall, as soon as possible after the date described in paragraph (5), appoint such individual in accordance with paragraph (4). "(4) Except as provided in paragraph (3) and in section 753, the Secretary shall appoint each individual, as soon as possible after the date described in paragraph (5), to serve in the full-time clinical practice of his profession as a civilian member of the Corps.

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