PUBLIC LAW 100-180—DEC. 4, 1987
101 STAT. 1109
needed in wartime, the Secretary of each military department may establish and maintain a program to provide financial assistance under this subchapter to persons engaged in training in such specialties. Under such a program, the Secretary concerned may agree to pay a financial stipend to persons engaged in training in certain health care specialties in return for a commitment to subsequent service in the Ready Reserve. "(b) PHYSICIANS IN CRITICAL SPECIALTIES.—(1) Under the stipend program under this subchapter, the Secretary of the military department concerned may enter into an agreement with a person who— "(A) is a graduate of a medical school; "(B) is eligible for appointment, designation, or assignment as a medical officer in the Reserve of the armed force concerned; and "(C) is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment in a residency program for physicians in a medical specialty designated by the Secretary concerned as a specialty critically needed by that military department in wartime. "(2) Under the agreement— "(A) the Secretary shall agree to pay the participant a stipend, in an amount determined under subsection (e), for the period or the remainder of the period of the residency program in which the participant enrolls or is enrolled; "(B) the participant shall not be eligible to receive such stipend before appointment, designation, or assignment as a medical officer for service in the Ready Reserve; "(C) the participant shall be subject to such active duty requirements as may be specified in the agreement and to active duty in time of war or national emergency as provided by law for members of the Ready Reserve; and "(D) the participant shall agree to serve, upon successful completion of the program, two years in the Ready Reserve for each year, or part thereof, for which the stipend is provided, to be served in the Selected Reserve or in the Individual Ready Reserve as specified in the agreement. "(c) REGISTERED NURSES IN CRITICAL SPECIALTIES.—(1) Under the stipend program under this subchapter, the Secretary of the military department concerned may enter into an agreement with a person who— "(A) is a registered nurse; "(B) is eligible for appointment as—
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"(j) a Reserve officer for service in the Army Reserve in the Army Nurse Corps; "(ii) a Reserve officer for service in the Naval Reserve in -*s the Navy Nurse Corps; or "(iii) a Reserve officer for service in the Air Force Reserve with a view to designation as an Air Force nurse under section 8067(e) of this title; and "(C) is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment in an accredited program in nursing in a specialty designated by the Secretary concerned as a specialty critically needed by that military department in wartime. "(2) Under the agreement— "(A) the Secretary shall agree to pay the participant a stipend, in an amount determined under subsection (e), for the
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