Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/830

 90 STAT. 2298

Ante, p. 2290.

PUBLIC LAW 94-4«4—OCT. 12, 1976 dentistry which has joined with the applicant in the submission of the plan) or in areas in which medically underserved populations reside. "(JB) More than one applicant may join in the submission of a plan described in subparagraph (A). No plan may be approved by the Secretary unless— "(i) the application for a grant under section 770 of each school which has joined in the submission of the plan contains or is supported by assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that all of the full-time students who will graduate from such school will upon graduation have received at least 6 weeks (in the aggregate) of clinical training in an area which is geographically remote from the main site of the training facilities of such school or in which medically underserved populations reside; "(ii) the plan contains a list of the areas where the training under such plan is to be conducted, a detailed description of the type and amount of training to be given in such areas, and provision for periodic review by experts in dental education of the desirability of providing training in such areas and of the quality of training rendered in such areas; "(iii) the plan contains a specific program for the appointing, as members of the faculty of the school or schools submitting the plan, of practicing dentists to serve as instructors in the training program in such areas; and "(iv) the plan contains a plan for frequent counseling and consultation between the faculty of the school or schools at the main site of their training facilities and the instructors in the training program in such areas. "(e) SCHOOLS OF PUBLIC HEALTH.—(1) To be eligible for a grant under section 770 for a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1977, a school of public health shall, in addition to the requirements of subsection (a), maintain an enrollment of full-time, first-year students, for the school year beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for each school year thereafter beginning in a fiscal year for which a grant under section 770 is applied for, which exceeds the number of full-time, first-year students enrolled in such school in the school year beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1976— " (A) by 5 percent of such number if such number was not more than 100, or "(B) by 2.5 percent of such number, or 5 students, whichever is greater, if such number was more than 100. "(2) The Secretary may waive (in whole or in part) application to a school of public health of the rec[uirement of paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines, after receiving the written recommendation of the appropriate accreditation body or bodies (approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education) that compliance by such school with such requirement will prevent it from maintaining its accreditation. "(f)

SCHOOLS OF VETERINARY MEDICINE.—(1) To be eligible for

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grant under section 770 for a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1977, a school of veterinary medicine shall, in addition to the requirements of subsection (a), meet the requirements of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) or (4). "(2) An application of a school of veterinary medicine for a grant under section 770 shall contain or be supported by assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the clinical training of the school shall emphasize predominantly care to food-producing animals or to fibreproducing animals, or to both types of animals.

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