12 2 STA T .4 4 80PUBLIC LA W 110 – 41 7—O CT. 14 , 2008 (2)Notwi t hs t and in g an y oth erp ro v ision o fl aw c ontained in title 10, title 3 2, or title 3 7 , U nited S tates C ode, s u ch a retired nurse corps officer is not, while so e m ployed, consid - ered to b e on active duty or inactive duty training for any purpose . (d) S CHOLARS H IP S F ORN U RS EO FFICER CA ND IDA T ES. —F or pur- poses of the eligibility of an institution under subsection (b)(2)( E ), the following re q uirements apply
(1) Each accredited school of nursing at which a retired nurse corps officer serves on the faculty under this section shall provide full academic scholarships to individuals under- ta k ing an educational program at such school leading to a bachelor of science in nursing degree who agree, upon comple- tion of such program, to accept a commission as an officer in the nurse corps of one of the A rmed Forces. (2) T he total number of scholarships provided by an accred- ited school of nursing under paragraph (1) for each officer serving on the faculty of that school under this section shall be such number as the Secretary of D efense shall specify for purposes of this section. (3) Each accredited school of nursing shall pay to the Department of Defense an amount equal to the value of the scholarship for every nurse officer candidate who fails to be accessed as a nurse corps officer into one of the Armed Forces within one year of receiving a bachelor of science degree in nursing from that school. ( 4 ) The Secretary concerned is authori z ed to discontinue the demonstration pro j ect authorized in this section at any institution of higher education that fails to fulfill the require- ments of paragraph (3). (e) R EPORT.— (1) I N G ENERAL.—Not later than 24 months after the commencement of any demonstration project under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the demonstration project. The report shall include a description of the project and a descrip- tion of plans for the continuation of the project, if any. (2) ELE M ENTS.—The report shall also include, at a min- imum, the following: (A) The current number of retired nurse corps officers who have at least 2 6 years of active Federal commissioned service who would be eligible to participate in the program. ( B ) The number of retired nurse corps officers partici- pating in the demonstration project. (C) The number of accredited schools of nursing partici- pating in the demonstration project. (D) The number of nurse officer candidates who have accessed into the military as commissioned nurse corps officers. (E) The number of scholarships awarded to nurse officer candidates. (F) The number of nurse officer candidates who have failed to access into the military, if any. ( G ) The amount paid to the Department of Defense in the event any nurse officer candidates awarded scholar- ships by the accredited school of nursing fail to access into the military as commissioned nurse corps officers. Payments.Ap p lic a b ility.
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