90 STAT. 2270
Definitions.
PUBLIC LAW 94-4S4—OCT. 12, 1976 "(1) shall participate in the development of regulations, guidelines, funding priorities, and application forms, and "(2) shall be consulted by, and may make recommendations to, the Secretary in the review of applications and proposals for, and the awarding of, grants and contracts, with respect to the Corps. "(h) For the purposes of this subpart: "(1) The term 'Department' means the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. "(2) The term 'Scholarship Program' means the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program established under section 751. "(3) The term 'State' includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. DESIGNATION OF HEALTH MANPOWER SHORTAGE AREAS
"Health manpower shortage area.' 42 USC 254e.
"SEC. 332. (a)(1) For purposes of this subpart the term 'health manpower shortage area' means (A) an area in an urban or rural area (which need not conform to the geographic boundaries of a political subdivision and which is a rational area for the delivery of health services) which the Secretary determines has a health manpower shortage, (B) a population group which the Secretary determines has such a shortage, or (C) a public or nonprofit private medical facility or other public facility which the Secretary determines has such a shortage. "Medical "(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'medical facility' facility." means a facility for the delivery of health services and includes— "(A) a hospital. State mental hospital, public health center, outpatient medical facility, rehabilitation facility, facility for long-term care, community mental health center, migrant health center, and community health center; "(B) such a facility of a State correctional institution or of the Indian Health Service; "(C) such a facility used in connection with the delivery of 42 USC 248,249. health services under sections 321 (relating to hospitals), 322 (re42 USC 250. lating to care and treatment of seamen and others), 323 (relating 42 USC 251. to care and treatment of Federal prisoners), 324 (relating to 42 USC 252. examination and treatment of certain Federal employees), 325 42 USC 253. (relating to examination of aliens), or 326 (relating to services to certain Federal employees), or pait D of title III (relating to 42 USC 255. services for persons with Hansen's disease); and "(D) a Federal medical facility. "(b) The Secretary shall establish by regulation, promulgated not Regulation. later than May 1, 1977, criteria for the designation of areas, population groups, medical facilities, and other public facilities, in the States, as health manpower shortage areas. In establishing such criteria, the Secretary shall take into consideration the following: "(1) The ratio of available health manpower to the number of individuals in an area or population group, or served by a medical facility or other public facility under consideration for designation. "(2) Indicators of a need, notwithstanding the supply of health manpower, for health services for the individuals in an area or population group or served by a medical facility or other
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