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 91 STAT. 1504

Waiver.

42 USC 295f.

First time enrollees. 42 USC 295f-2. Ante, p. 1503; Infra. Dental specialty programs. 42 USC 295f-l.

Public health schools, traineeship grants. 42 USC 294r.

PUBLIC LAW 95-215—DEC. 19, 1977 "(ii) full-time, second-year students enrolled in such year who are citizens of the United States and who were first enrolled before October 12, 1976, in a school of medicine not in a State shall be counted as third-year students. "(D) The Secretary may waive (in whole or in part) the requirement of subparagraph (A) for a school of medicine— "(i) 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; " (ii) upon a finding that, because of the inadequate size of the population served by the hospital or clinical facility in which such school conducts its clinical training, an increase in its enrollment of third-year students to meet such requirement will prevent it from providing high quality clinical training for each of its thirdyear students; or "(iii) if the Secretary determines that such school has made a good faith effort to meet the requirement of subparagraph (A) but has been unable to meet such requirement solely because there is an insufficient number of students who, under this paragraph, are eligible to be counted in determining if the school has met such requirement. The requirement of subparagraph (A) does not apply to the application of a school of medicine for a grant under section 770 if in school year 1977-1978 such school had an enrollment of full-time, first-year students which exceeded its enrollment in such school year of full-time, third-year students by at least 25 per centum. " (E) A school of medicine which did not receive a grant under section 770 because it did not comply with the applicable requirements of this paragraph shall not be eligible to receive a grant under such section to be made in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, or in the next fiscal year.". (b) Section 772 of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (e) For purposes of administering the requirements of section 771, a reference to a year class of students is a reference to students enrolled in that class for the first time.". SEC. 2. Section 771(d)(2) of the Public Health Service Act is amended (1) by striking out "In" and inserting in lieu thereof "In the case of a school of dentistry which in school year 1976-1977 had at least six filled, first-year positions in dental specialty programs, in", (2) by striking out "a school of dentistry's" and inserting in lieu thereof "such a school's", (3) by striking out "filled positions" each place it occurs and inserting in lieu thereof "filled, first-year positions", and (4) by striking out "shall be positions" and inserting in lieu thereof "shall be first-year positions". SEC. 3. (a) Subsection (a) of section 748 of the Public Health Service Act is amended to read as follows: "(a) The Secretary may make grants to— "(1) accredited schools of public health, and "(2) other public or nonprofit institutions which provide graduate or specialized training in public health and which are not eligible to receive a grant under section 749, to provide traineeships.".

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