25 U.S.C. § 1616e–1 — Nursing school clinics
submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 94-437 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 278 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary may give nursing schools grants to create and run clinics serving Indians near Indian country. The clinics must give nursing students a structured experience similar to physician residency training.
(a) Grants. In addition to the authority in 25 U.S.C. § 1616e(a)(1), the Secretary*, through the Service*, may give public or private nursing schools grants to establish, develop, operate, and administer clinics for Indians’ health needs. The clinics must provide primary care to Indians living in or within 50 miles of “Indian country,” a term used here as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1151.
(b) Uses. Grants may (1) establish clinics run and staffed by the school’s faculty and students to provide primary care in or within 50 miles of Indian country; (2) provide clinical training, program development, faculty improvement, and student scholarships benefiting the clinics; and (3) conduct other activities the Secretary finds appropriate.
(c) Amount and conditions. The Secretary may set grant amounts and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(d) Design. Each clinic must give nursing students a structured clinical experience similar in nature to physician residency training.
(e) Rules. The Secretary must issue rules needed to carry out this section.
(f) Funding limit. From amounts appropriated for this subchapter for fiscal years 1993 through 2000, no more than $5,000,000 may be used for this section.
In addition to the authority of the Secretary* under section 1616e(a)(1) of this title, the Secretary, acting through the Service*, is authorized to provide grants to public or private schools of nursing for the purpose of establishing, developing, operating, and administering clinics to address the health care needs of Indians, and to provide primary health care services to Indians who reside on or within 50 miles of Indian country, as defined in section 1151 of title 18.
Grants provided under subsection (a) may be used to—
establish clinics, to be run and staffed by the faculty and students of a grantee school, to provide primary care services in areas in or within 50 miles of Indian country (as defined in section 1151 of title 18);
provide clinical training, program development, faculty enhancement, and student scholarships in a manner that would benefit such clinics; and
carry out any other activities determined appropriate by the Secretary.
The Secretary may award grants under this section in such amounts and subject to such conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate.
The clinics established under this section shall be designed to provide nursing students with a structured clinical experience that is similar in nature to that provided by residency training programs for physicians.
The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Out of amounts appropriated to carry out this subchapter for each of the fiscal years 1993 through 2000 not more than $5,000,000 may be used to carry out this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 112A, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title I, § 104(f), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4534.)
- 1992Enacted · Pub. L. 94-437 · 106 Stat. 4534
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