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 90 STAT. 2314

PUBLIC LAW 94-484—OCT. 12, 1976 EDUCATION o r RETURNING UNITED STATES STUDENTS FROM FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOLS

Grants. 42 USC 295g-2.

Ante, p. 2243.

Report.

Appropriation authorization.

"SEC. 782. (a) The Secretary may make grants to schools of medicine and osteopathy in the States to plan, develop, and operate programs— "(1) to train United States citizens who were students in medical schools in foreign countries before the date of enactment of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 to enable them to meet the requirements for enrolling in schools of medicine or osteopathy in the States as full-time students with advanced standing; or " (2) to train United States citizens who have transferred from medical schools in foreign countries in which they were enrolled before the date of enactment of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976, and who have enrolled in schools of medicine or osteopathy in the States as full-time students with advanced standing. The costs for which a grant under this subsection may be made may include the costs of identifying deficiencies in the medical school education of the United States citizens who were students in foreign medical schools, the development of materials and methodology for correcting such deficiencies, and specialized training designed to prepare such United States citizens for enrollment in schools of medicine or osteopathy in the States as full-time students with advanced standing. "(b) More than one school of medicine or osteopathy may join in the submission of an application for a grant under subsection (a). "(c) Any school of medicine or osteopathy which receives a grant under this subsection in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall submit to the Secretary before June 30, 1979, a report on the deficiencies (if any) identified by the school in the foreign medical education of the students trained by such school under the program for which such grant was made. The Secretary shall compile the reports submitted under the preceding sentence, and before September 30, 1979 submit to the Congress his analysis and evaluation of the information contained in such reports. "(d) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this section $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980. " P R O G R A M S FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, EXPANDED F U N C T I O N DENTAL AUXILIARIES AND DENTAL TEAM PRACTICE

Grants. 42 USC 295g-3.

Ante, p. 2247.

"SEC. 783. (a) The Secretary may make grants to and enter into contracts with public or nonprofit private schools of medicine, osteopathy, and dentistry and other public or nonprofit private entities to meet the costs of projects to— "(1) plan, develop, and operate or maintain programs for the training of physician assistants (as defined in section 701(7)); "(2) plan, develop, and operate or maintain programs for the training of expanded function dental auxiliaries (as defined in section 701(8)); and " (3) plan, develop, and operate or maintain a program to train dental students in the organization and management of multiple

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