PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 106 STAT. 2025 "(A) shall, of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1), make available 30 percent for such grants to schools of nursing; and "(B) shall give special consideration to health professions schools that have enrollments of underrepresented minorities above the national average for health professions schools. "SEC. 738. LOAN REPAYMENTS AND FELLOWSHIPS REGARDING FAC- 42 USC 293b. ULTY POSITIONS. " (a) LOAN REPAYMENTS.— "(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall Contracts. establish a program of entering into contracts with individuals described in subsection (b) under which the individuals agree to serve as members of the faculties of schools described in paragraph (3) in consideration of the Federal Government agreeing to pay, for each year of such service, not more than $20,000 of the principal and interest of the educational loans of such individuals. "(2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—The individuals referred to in paragraph (1) are individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who— "(A) have a degree in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or another health profession; "(B) are enrolled in an approved graduate training program in medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or other health profession; or "(C) are enrolled as a full-time student— "(i) in an accredited (as determined by the Secretary) school described in paragraph (3); ana "(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 from such a school. "(3) ELIGIBLE HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOOLS.— The schools described in this paragraph are schools of medicine, nursing (as schools of nursing are defined in section 853), osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, pediatric medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, or public health, or schools offering graduate programs in clinical psychology. "(4) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF REPAYMENTS.— Payments made under this subsection regarding the educational loans of an individual may not, for any year for which the payments are made, exceed an amount equal to 20 percent of the outstanding principal and interest on the loans. " (5) REQUIREMENTS REGARDING FACULTY POSITIONS.— The Secretary may not enter into a contract under paragraph (1) unless— "(A) the individual involved has entered into a contract with a school described in paragraph (3) to serve as a member of the faculty of the school for not less than 2 years, and the individual has not been a member of the faculty of any school at any time during the 18-month period preceding the date on which the Secretary receives the request of the individual for a contract under paragraph (1); and "(B) the contract referred to in subparagraph (A) provides that—
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