42 U.S.C. § 295J
Section 295j · Preferences and required information in certain programs
Current version, with additions and removals from the October 27, 1992 version.
(1) In general
(1) In general
(C) utilizes a longitudinal evaluation (as described in section 294n(d)(2) of this title) and reports data from such system to the national workforce database (as established under section 294n(b)(2)(E) of this title).
(2) Limitation regarding peer review
(2) Limitation regarding peer review
The Secretary may make an award of a grant or contract under any of sections 293k through 293o of this title or under section 294b, 294d, or 294e of this title only if the applicant for the award submits to the Secretary (through the application required in section 295o(f)(2) of this title) the following information regarding the programs of the applicant:
(1) A description of rotations or preceptorships for students, or clinical training programs for residents, that have the principal focus of providing health care to medically underserved communities.
(2) The number of faculty on admissions committees who have a clinical practice in community-based ambulatory settings in medically underserved communities.
(3) With respect to individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds or from medically underserved communities, the number of such individuals who are recruited for academic programs of the applicant, the number of such individuals who are admitted to such programs, and the number of such individuals who graduate from such programs.
(4) If applicable, the number of recent graduates who have chosen careers in primary health care.
(5) The number of recent graduates whose practices are serving medically underserved communities.
(6) A description of whether and to what extent the applicant is able to operate without Federal assistance under this subchapter.
For purposes of this section, the term “graduate” means, unless otherwise specified, an individual who has successfully completed all training and residency requirements necessary for full certification in the health profession selected by the individual.
For purposes of this section, the term “graduate” means, unless otherwise specified, an individual who has successfully completed all training and residency requirements necessary for full certification in the health profession selected by the individual.
(1) In general
To permit new programs to compete equitably for funding under this section, those new programs that meet at least 4 of the criteria described in paragraph (3) shall qualify for a funding preference under this section.
(2) Definition
As used in this subsection, the term “new program” means any program that has graduated less than three classes. Upon graduating at least three classes, a program shall have the capability to provide the information necessary to qualify the program for the general funding preferences described in subsection (a) of this section.
(3) Criteria
The criteria referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
(A) The mission statement of the program identifies a specific purpose of the program as being the preparation of health professionals to serve underserved populations.
(B) The curriculum of the program includes content which will help to prepare practitioners to serve underserved populations.
(C) Substantial clinical training experience is required under the program in medically underserved communities.
(D) A minimum of 20 percent of the clinical faculty of the program spend at least 50 percent of their time providing or supervising care in medically underserved communities.
(E) The entire program or a substantial portion of the program is physically located in a medically underserved community.
(F) Student assistance, which is linked to service in medically underserved communities following graduation, is available to the students in the program.
(G) The program provides a placement mechanism for deploying graduates to medically underserved communities.