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 PUBLIC LAW 96-330—AUG. 26, 1980

94 STAT. 1041

(c) The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs shall submit a report on the implementation of such program and the progress of such study to the Committees on Veterans Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act. Such report shall include a report on the formulation of regulations to carry out such program and on the status of the implementation of such program.

Report to congressional committees.

TITLE II—VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

SEC. 201. (a)(1) Chapter 73 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subchapter: "SUBCHAPTER IV-VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM "§ 4141. Establishment of program; purpose; duration "(a) There is hereby established a program to be known as the Veterans' Administration Health Professional Scholarship Program (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the 'Scholarship Program'). The purpose of the Scholarship Program is to assist in providing an adequate supply of trained physicians and nurses for the Veterans' Administration and for the Nation and, if needed by the Veterans' Administration, other health-care professionals appointed under subchapter I of this chapter. "(b) The Administrator may not furnish scholarships to new participants in the Scholarship Program after the last day of the tenth fiscal year beginning after the first such scholarship is approved by the Administrator. "§4142. Eligibility; application; written contract "(a) To be eligible to participate in the Scholarship Program, an individual must— "(1) be accepted for enrollment, or be enrolled, as a full-time student (A) in an accredited (as determined by the Administrator) educational institution in a State, and (B) in a course of training offered by such institution and approved by the Administrator, leading to a degree in medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, or nursing or a course of training to become a physician assistant or expanded-function dental auxiliary; "(2) submit an application to the Administrator for participation in the Scholarship Program; "(3) sign and submit to the Administrator, at the time of submission of such application, a written contract (described in subsection (e) of this section) to accept payment of a scholarship and to serve a period of obligated service as provided in section 4143 of this title; and "(4) at the time of submission of such application, not be obligated under any other Federal program to perform service after completion of the course of study or program of such individual referred to in clause (1) of this subsection. "(b)(1) In distributing application forms and contract forms to individuals desiring to participate in the Scholarship Program, the Administrator shall include with such forms—

38 USC 4141.

38 USC 4101.

38 USC 4142.

Application and contract forms.

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