104 STAT. 2326
PUBLIC LAW 101-527—NOV. 6, 1990
"(b) EuGiBLE INDIVIDUALS. —The individuals referred to in subsection (a) are individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who—
"(1) have a degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or another health profession;
"(2) are enrolled in an approved graduate training program in
medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or other health
profession; or
"(3) are enrolled as a full-time student—
"(A) in an accredited (as determined by the Secretary)
school described in subsection (c); and
"(B) in the final year of a course of a study or program,
offered by such institution and approved by the Secretary,
leading to a degree from such a school.
"(c) EuGiBLE HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOL.—The schools described
in this subsection are schools of medicine, nursing (as schools of
nursing are defined in section 853), osteopathic medicine, dentistry,
pharmacy, podiatric medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, or
public health, or schools offering graduate programs in clinical
psychology.
"(d) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF REPAYMENTS.— Pay-
ments made by the Secretary under subsection (a) regarding the
educational loans of an individual may not, for any year for which
the payments are made, exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the
principal and interest due on such loans for such year.
"(e) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FACULTY POSITIONS.—The Secretary may not enter into a contract under subsection (a) unless—
"(1) the individual involved has entered into a contract with a
school described in subsection (c) to serve as a member of the
faculty of the school for not less than 2 years; and
"(2) the contract referred to in paragraph (1) provides that—
"(A) the school will, for each year for which the individual will serve as a member of the faculty under the contract
with the school, make payments of the principal and interest due on the educational loans of the individual for
such year in an amount equal to the amount of such
payments made by the Secretary for the year; and
(B) the payments made by the school pursuant to
subparagraph (A) on behalf of the individual will be in
addition to the pay that the individual would otherwise
receive for serving as a member of such faculty.
"(f) WAIVER REGARDING SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS. — The Secretary
may waive the requirement established in subsection (e)(2) if the
Secretary determines that the requirement will impose an undue
financial hardship on the school involved. If the Secretary grants
such a waiver, subsection (d) shall not apply with respect to the
individual involved.
"(g) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—The provisions of
sections 338B, 338C, and 338E shall apply to the program established
in subsection (a) to the same extent and in the same manner as such
provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repay-
ment Program established in subpart III of part D of title III,
including the applicability of provisions regarding reimbursements
for increased tax liability and regarding bankruptcy.
"(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1991 through 1993.".
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