104 STAT. 3024 PUBLIC LAW 101-597 —NOV. 16, 1990 OD) ELIGIBILTTY. — (1) IN GENERAL. — (A) Section 338B(b)(l) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2541-l(b)(l)) is amended to read as follows: "(I)(A) must have a degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or other health profession, or be certified as a nurse midwife, nurse practioner, or physician assistant; "(B) be enrolled in an approved graduate training program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or other health profession; or "(C) be enrolled as a full-time student— "(i) in an accredited (as determined by the Secretary) educational institution in a State; and "(ii) 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 in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or other health profession;". (B) Section 338B(fKlXB) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2541-l(fKlXB)) is amended in clauses (ii) and (iii) by striking "(b)(l)(A)" each place such term appears and inserting "(b)(l)(C)". (2) TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF CONTRACT.— (A) Section 338B(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2541-l(b)) is amended— (i) by adding "and" after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (2); and (ii) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4), and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: "(3) submit to the Secretary an application for a contract described in subsection (f) (relating to the payment by the Secretary of the educational loans of the individual in consideration of the individual serving for a period of obligated service).". (B) Section 338B(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2541-l(e)) is amended by striking "only" and all that follows and inserting the following: "only upon the Secretary and the individual entering into a written contract described in subsection (f).". (c) INCENTIVES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.— Section 338B(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2541-l(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4) RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. — "(A) The Secretary shall distribute to health professions schools materials providing information on the Loan Repay- ment Program and shall encourage the schools to disseminate the materials to the students of the schools. "(B)(i) In the case of any health professional whose period of obligated service under the Loan Repayment Program is nearing completion, the Secretary shall encourage the individual to remain in a health manpower shortage area and to continue providing primary health services. "(ii) During the period in which a health professional is planning and making the transition to private practice from obligated service under the Loan Repayment Program, the Secretary may provide assistance to the professional regarding such transition if the professional is
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