106 STAT. 4532 PUBLIC LAW 102-573—OCT. 29, 1992 Establishment. 25 USC 1613a note. "(A) such scholarship shall be for a period of years not to exceed the part-time equivalent of 4 years, as determined by the Secretary; "(B) the period of obligated service specified in section 338A(fKl)(B)(iv) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254m(f)(l)(B)(iv)) shall be equal to the greater of— "(i) the part-time equivalent of one year for each year for which the individual was provided a scholarship (as determined by the Secretary); or
- (ii) two years; and
"(C) the amount of the monthly stipend specified in section 338A(g)(l)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254m(g)(l)(B)) shall be reduced pro rata (as determined by the Secretary) based on the number of hours such student is enrolled."; (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) The Secretary shall, acting through the Service, establish a Placement Office to develop and implement a national poUcy for the placement, to available vacancies within the Service, of Indian Health Scholarship recipients required to meet the active duty service obligation prescribed under section 338C of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254m) without regard to any competitive personnel system, agency personnel limitation, or Indian pref- erence policy."; and (4) by striking out subsection (d). (d) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by subsection (c)(1)(C) and subsection (c)(2)(B) shall apply with respect to scholarships granted under section 104 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) EXTERN PROGRAM.— Section 105 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1614) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out "section 757 of the Public Health Service Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "section 104"; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking out "school of medicine" and all that follows through "health professions" and inserting in lieu thereof "course of study in the health professions". SEC. 103. BREACH OF CONTRACT PROVISIONS RELATING TO INDIAN HEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS. Section 104(b) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a(b)) (as amended by section 102(c) of this Act) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(5)(A) An individual who has, on or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, entered into a written contract with the Secretary under this section and who— "(i) fails to m£dntain an acceptable level of academic standing in the educational institution in which he is enrolled (such level determined by the educational institution under regulations of the Secretary), "(ii) is dismissed from such educational institution for disciplinary reasons, "(iii) voliuitarily terminates the training in such an educational institution for which he is provided a scholarship under such contract before the completion of such training, or
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