school, or in a particular year-class in a school, or the number of graduates, as the case may be, on the basis of estimates, or on the basis of the number of students who were enrolled in a school, or in a particular year-class in a school, or were graduates, in an earlier year, as the case may be, or on such basis as he deems appropriate for making such determination, and shall include methods of making such determinations when a school or a yearclass was not in existence in an earlier year at a school. (2) For purposes of this part and part F, the term "full-time students" (whether such term is used by itself or in connection with a particular year-class) means students pursuing a full-time course of study leading to a degree of doctor of medicine, doctor of dentistry, or an equivalent degree, doctor of osteopathy, bachelor of science in pharmacy, or doctor of pharmacy, doctor of optometry or an equivalent degree, doctor of veterinary medicine or an equivalent degree, or doctor of podiatry or an equivalent degree. SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS SEC. 772. Grants may be made, from sums available therefore from appropriations under section 770 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and for the next fiscal year, to assist schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, pharmacy, optometry, podiatry, and veterinary medicine in meeting the cost of special projects to plan, develop, or establish new programs or modifications of existing programs of education in such health professions or to effect significant improvements in curriculums of any such schools or for research in the various fields related to education in such health professions, or to develop training for new levels or types of health professions personnel, or to assist any such schools which are in serious financial straits to meet their costs of operation or which have special need for financial assistance to meet the accreditation requirements, or to assist any such schools to meet the costs of planning experimental teaching facilities or experimental design thereof, or which will otherwise strengthen, improve, or expand programs to train personnel in such health professions or help to increase the supply of adequately trained personnel in such health professions needed to meet the health needs of the Nation. APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS SEC. 773. (a) The Surgeon General may from time to time set dates (not earlier than in the fiscal year preceding the year for which a grant is sought) by which • Sec. 773 (a) amended by subsec. 111 (b) (1) of P.L. 90-490. This amendment which strikes out the words "basic or special" before "grants" shall apply with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1969. applications for grants under section 771 or 772 for any fiscal year must be filed. (b) To be eligible for a grant under this part, the applicant must (1) be a public or other nonprofit school of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, optometry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, or podiatry, and (2) be accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education, except that the requirement of this clause (2) shall be deemed to be satisfied if, (A) in the case of a school which by reason of no, or an insufficient, period of operation is not, at the time of application for a grant under this part, eligible for such accreditation, the Commissioner finds, after consultation with the appropriate accreditation body or bodies, that there is reasonable assurance that the school will meet the accreditation standards of such body or bodies prior to the beginning of the academic year following the normal graduation date of students who are in their first year of instruction at such school during the fiscal year in which the Surgeon General makes a final determination as to approval of the application, or (B) in the case of any other school, the Commissioner finds after such consultation and after consultation with the Surgeon General that there is reasonable ground to expect that, with the aid of a grant or grants under this part, having regard for the purposes of the grant sought, such school will meet such accreditation. standards within a reasonable time. (c) The Surgeon General shall not approve or disapprove any application for a grant under this part except after consultation with the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Educational Assistance (established by section 774). (d) A grant under this part may be made only if the application therefor (1) is approved by the Surgeon General upon his determination that the applicant meets the eligibility conditions set forth in subsection (b) of this section; (2) contains or is supported by assurances satisfactory to the Surgeon General that the applicant will expend in carrying out its functions as a school of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, optometry, or podiatry, as the case may be, during the fiscal year for which such grant is sought, an amount of funds (other than funds for construction as determined by the Surgeon General) from non-Federal sources The words "pharmacy, veterinary medicine," added by subsec. 111 (b)(2) of P.L. 90-490 to apply with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1969. Subsec. 111(b)(3) or P.L. 90-490 changed with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1969, the name of Council from National Advisory Council on Medical, Dental, Optometric and Podiatric Education. Subsec. 773 (d) (2) amended by subsec. 111(b) (4) of P.L. 90-490, which added parenthetical phrase to apply with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1969. Membership which are at least as great as the average amount of funds expended by such applicant for such purpose (excluding expenditures of a nonrecurring nature) in the three fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which such grant is sought; (3) contains such additional information as the Surgeon General may require to make the determination required of him under this part and such assurances as he may find necessary to carry out the purposes of this part; and (4) provides for such fiscal-control and accounting procedures and reports, and access to the records of the applicant, as the Surgeon General may require to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this part. (e) 10 In determining priority of projects applications for which are filed under section 772, the Secretary shall give consideration to (1) the extent to which the project will increase enrollment of full-time students receiving the training for which grants are authorized under this part; (2) the relative need of the applicant for financial assistance to maintain or provide for accreditation or to avoid curtailing enrollment or reduction in the quality of training provided; and (3) the extent to which the project may result in curriculum improvement or improved methods of training or will help to reduce the period of required training without adversely affecting the quality thereof. NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE SEC. 774.11 (a) There is hereby established in the Public Health Service a National Advisory Council on Health Professions Educational Assistance consisting of the Surgeon General, who shall be Chairman, and fourteen members appointed without regard to the civil service laws by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and such appointments may be made for specified staggered terms. The appointed members of the Council shall be selected from among leading authorities in the fields of medical, dental, optometric, podiatric, 10 Sec 773 (e) amended by subsec 111 (b) (5) of P.L. 90-490 to apply with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1969. 11 Sec. 774 amended by sec. 111(e) of P.L. 90-490 to apply with respect to appropriations for fiscal years ending after June 30, 1969. Sec. 131 of P.L. 90-490 states that the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Advisory Councils established by secs. 725 and 774, prepare, and submit to the President and the Congress prior to July 1, 1970. a report on the administration of pts. B, C. E, and F of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, an appraisal of the programs under such parts in the light of their adequacy to meet the long-term needs for health professionals, and his recommendations as a result thereof. pharmaceutical, and veterinary education, respectively, except that not less than three of such members shall be selected from the general public. (b) The Council shall advise the Surgeon General in the preparation of general regulations and with respect to policy matters arising in the administration of this part and part F, and in the review of applications under this part. (c) The Surgeon General is authorized to use the services of any member or members of the Council in connection with matters related to the administration of this part or part F, for such periods in addition to conference periods, as he may determine. Compensation; (d) Appointed members of the Council, while attend- travel expenses ing conferences or meetings of the Council or while otherwise serving at the request of the Surgeon General, shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates to be fixed by the Secretary but not exceeding $100 per day, including travel time; and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, is authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government 60 Stat. 808; service employed intermittently. PODIATRY, PART F-SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS TO SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE, SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS SEC. 780.13 (a) The Surgeon General shall make grants as provided in this part to each public or other nonprofit school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, or veterinary medicine which is accredited as provided in section 721(b) (1) (B) or section 773(b) (2), for scholarships to be awarded annually by such school to students thereof. (b) The amount of the grant under subsection (a) to each such school shall be equal to $2,000 multiplied (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, by one-tenth of the number of full-time first-year students of such school; Title of pt. F amended by sec. 122 of P.L. 90-490 by addition of words "veterinary_medicine," effective with respect to appropriations for Escal years after June 30, 1969. 13 Sec. 122 of P.L. 90-490 amended sec. 780, effective with respect to appropriations for fiscal years after June 30, 1969 by: (a) Adding words "veterinary medicine" in 780 (a): (b) Changing dates from 1970 and 1969 to 1972 and 1971 respectively in 780(b) and 780 (c) (1) (E); (c) Adding a clause at the end of 780 (c) (1) (D) ; (d) Substituting words "of exceptional financial need who need such financial assistance to" for "from low-income families who, without such financial assistance could not" in sec. 780 (c) (2); and (e) Changing name of the National Advisory Council on Medical, Dental. Optometric, and Podiatric Education to the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Educational Assistance in 780 (d). 75 Stat. 339. 340 Post, p. 1058. Ante, p. 1053 Recipients, eligibility (2) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, by one-tenth of the number of full-time first-year students and secondyear students of such school; (3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, by one-tenth of the number of fulltime first-year students, second-year students, and thirdyear students of such school; and (4) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and each of the next two fiscal years, by one-tenth of the number of full-time students of such school. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for each of the two succeeding fiscal years, the grant under subsection (a) shall be such amount as may be necessary to enable such school to continue making payments under scholarship awards to students who initially received such awards out of grants made to the school for fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1971. (c) (1) Scholarships may be awarded by schools from grants under subsection (a)— (A) only to individuals who have been accepted by them for enrollment as full-time first-year students, in the case of awards from such grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966; (B) only to individuals who have been so accepted, and individuals enrolled and in good standing as full-time second-year students, in the case of awards from such grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967; (C) only to individuals who have been so accepted, and individuals enrolled and in good standing as full-time second-year or third-year students, in the case of awards from such grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968; (D) only to individuals who have been so accepted, and individuals enrolled and in good standing as full-time students, in the case of awards from such grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, and each of the next two fiscal years; and (E) only to individuals enrolled and in good standing as full-time students who initially received scholarship awards out of such grants for a fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1971, in the case of awards from such grants for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, or the two succeeding fiscal years. (2) Scholarships from grants under subsection (a) for any school year shall be awarded only to students of exceptional financial need who need such financial assistance to pursue a course of study at the school for such year. Any such scholarship awarded for a school year shall cover such portion of the student's tuition, fees, books, equipment, and living expenses at the school making the award, but not to exceed $2,500 for any year, |