PUBLIC LAW 97-251—SEPT. 8, 1982 (A) by inserting "who is a full-time student or the date described in paragraph (5) of this subsection with respect to a participant who is a part-time student" in paragraph (1) after "Scholarship Program"; (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: "(2) As soon as possible after the applicable date described in paragraph (3) of this subsection or provided for under paragraph (5) of this subsection, the Administrator shall— "(A) in the case of a participant who is not a full-time employee in the Department of Medicine and Surgery, appoint such participant as such an employee; and "(B) in the case of a participant who is such an employee but is not serving in a position for which such participant's course of training prepared such participant, assign such participant to such a position."; (C) in paragraph (3)(B) by inserting "the later of (i) the date upon which the participant completes such participant's course of training, or (ii)" after "is"; and (D) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(5) The Administrator shall by regulation prescribe the date for the beginning of the period of obligated service of a participant who was a part-time student. Such regulations shall prescribe terms as similar as practicable to the terms set forth in paragraph (3) of this subsection.. (2) Section 4143(c) is amended to read as follows: "(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a participant in the Scholarship Program shall be considered to have begun serving such participant's period of obligated service— "(A) on the date, after such participant's course completion date, on which such participant (in accordance with subsection (a) of this section) is appointed under this chapter as a full-time employee in the Department of Medicine and Surgery; or "(B) if the participant is a full-time employee in the Department of Medicine and Surgery on such course completion date, on the date thereafter on which such participant is assigned to a position for which such participants course of training prepared such participant. "(2) A participant in the Scholarship Program who on such participant's course completion date is a full-time employee in the Department of Medicine and Surgery serving in a capacity for which such participant's course of training prepared such participant shall be considered to have begun serving such participant's period of obligated service on such course completion date. "(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'course completion date' means the date on which a participant in the Scholarship Program completes such participant's course of training under the program.". (c) Section 4144(b) is amended— (1) in clauses (1) and (2), by striking out the semicolon at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a comma; (2) by striking out the semicolon and "or" at the end of clause (3) and inserting in lieu thereof a comma; (3) by striking out the semicolon at the end of clause (4) and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and "or"; and (4) by inserting after clause (4) the following new clause: "(5) in the case of a participant who is a part-time student, fails to maintain employment, while enrolled in the course of
96 STAT. 715
"Course completion date."
38 USC 4144.
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