25 U.S.C. § 1612 — Health professions recruitment program for Indians

(a) Grants for education and training The Secretary^*, acting through the Service^*, must make grants to public or nonprofit private health or educational entities, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations. The grants help those entities pay the costs of the following: (1) Finding Indians who may be able to study or train for the health professions and encouraging and helping them— (A) enroll in courses of study in those health professions; or (B) if they do not qualify to enroll in one of those courses, complete the postsecondary education or training needed to qualify for enrollment; (2) making available information about existing financial-aid sources for Indians enrolled in a course described in paragraph (1), or undertaking training needed to qualify for enrollment in such a course; or (3) establishing other programs that the Secretary decides will improve and make easier Indians’ enrollment in, and later pursuit and completion of, the courses described in paragraph (1). This section does not define “health professions.” (b) Application for grant; submittal and approval; preference; payment (1) No grant may be made under this section unless an application has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary. The application must use the form, submission method, and information that the Secretary prescribes by regulation. The Secretary must give preference to applications submitted by Indian tribes or tribal organizations. (2) The Secretary decides the amount of each grant. Grant payments may be made in advance or as reimbursement, at the times and under the conditions the Secretary finds necessary.