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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care

§ 1614. Indian health service extern programs

Statutory text

(a)

Employment of scholarship grantees during non­academic periods

Any individual who receives a scholarship grant pursuant to section 1613a of this title shall be entitled to employment in the Service during any nonacademic period of the year. Periods of employment pursuant to this subsection shall not be counted in determining the fulfillment of the service obligation incurred as a condition of the scholarship grant.

(b)

Employment of medical and other students during nonacademic periods

Any individual enrolled in a course of study in the health professions may be employed by the Service during any nonacademic period of the year. Any such employment shall not exceed one hundred and twenty days during any calendar year.

(c)

Employment without regard to competitive personnel system or agency personnel limitation; compensation

Any employment pursuant to this section shall be made without regard to any competitive personnel system or agency personnel limitation and to a position which will enable the individual so employed to receive practical experience in the health profession in which he or she is engaged in study. Any individual so employed shall receive payment for his or her services comparable to the salary he or she would receive if he or she were employed in the competitive system. Any individual so employed shall not be counted against any employment ceiling affecting the Service or the Department of Health and Human Services.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Indian Health Care Improvement Act

    Pub. L. 94–437 title I § 105 · 90 Stat. 1400

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1614

    Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 105, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1404

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 105, Sept. 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 1404

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 105. indian health service extern programs (a) Any individual who receives a scholarship grant pursuant to section 104 shall be entitled to employment in the Service during any nonacademic period of the year. Periods of employment pursuant to this subsection shall not be counted in determining the fulfillment of the service obligation incurred as a condition of the scholarship grant. (b) Any individual enrolled in a school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or allied health professions may be employed by the Service during any nonacademic period of the year. Any such employment shall not exceed one hundred and twenty days during any calendar year. (c) Any employment pursuant to this section shall be made without regard to any competitive personnel system or agency personnel limitation and to a position which will enable the individual so employed to receive practical experience in the health profession in which he or she is engaged in study. Any individual so employed shall receive payment for his or her services comparable to the salary he or she would receive if he or she were employed in the competitive system. Any individual so employed shall not lie counted against any employment ceiling affecting the Service or the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (d) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this section: $600,000 for fiscal year 1978. $800,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. For fiscal years 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984 there are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this section such sums as may be specifically authorized by an Act enacted after this Act.

  2. Health Services Extension Act of 1977

    Pub. L. 95–83 title III § 307(n)(2) · 91 Stat. 383

    Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1614(a)

    Pub. L. 95–83 substituted reference to “section 294y–1 of title 42” for reference to “section 104” meaning section 104 of Pub. L. 94–437, which added section 234(i)(2) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–83 substituted reference to “section 294y–1 of title 42” for reference to “section 104” meaning section 104 of Pub. L. 94–437, which added section 234(i)(2) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Section 105(a) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 25 USC 1614. is amended by striking out “pursuant to section 104” and inserting in lieu thereof “pursuant to section 757 of the Public Health Service Act”. Ante, p. 392. Nursing schools. 42 USC 296e.

  3. Indian Health Care Amendments of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–537 § 3(c) · 94 Stat. 3173

    Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1614(d)

    Pub. L. 96–537 substituted provisions authorizing appropriations of specific amounts for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1981, Sept. 30, 1982, Sept. 30, 1983, and Sept. 30, 1984, for provisions authorizing appropriation of such amounts as may be specifically authorized by an act enacted after Sept. 30, 1976

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–537 substituted provisions authorizing appropriations of specific amounts for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1981, Sept. 30, 1982, Sept. 30, 1983, and Sept. 30, 1984, for provisions authorizing appropriation of such amounts as may be specifically authorized by an act enacted after Sept. 30, 1976.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Section 105(d) is amended by striking out the last sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $990,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, $1,140,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $1,310,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and $1,510,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.”.

  4. Indian Health Care Amendments of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–713 title I § 103 · 102 Stat. 4784

    Amended · 25 U.S.C. § 1614(d)

    Pub. L. 100–713 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this section: $600,000 for fiscal year 1978, $800,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $990,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, $1,140,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $1,310,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and $1,510,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–713 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this section: $600,000 for fiscal year 1978, $800,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $990,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, $1,140,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $1,310,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and $1,510,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 103. indian health service extern programs Subsection (d) of section 105 (25 U.S.C. 1614) is amended to read as follows: “(d) There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section— “(1) $300,000 for fiscal year 1989, “(2) $350,000 for fiscal year 1990, “(3) $400,000 for fiscal year 1991, and “(4) $450,000 for fiscal year 1992.”.

  5. Indian Health Amendments of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–573 § 102(e)(1) · 106 Stat. 4526

    Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1614(a)

    Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(e)(1), substituted “section 1613a of this title” for “section 254r of title 42”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(e)(1), substituted “section 1613a of this title” for “section 254r of title 42”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in subsection (a), by striking out “section 757 of the Public Health Service Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “section 104”; and

  6. Indian Health Amendments of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–573 § 102(e)(2) · 106 Stat. 4526

    Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1614(b)

    Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(e)(2), substituted “course of study in the health professions” for “school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or allied health professions”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(e)(2), substituted “course of study in the health professions” for “school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or allied health professions”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (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”.

  7. Indian Health Amendments of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–573 § 902(2)(B) · 106 Stat. 4526

    Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 1614(c)

    Pub. L. 102–573, § 902(2)(B), substituted “Department of Health and Human Services” for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 902(2)(B), substituted “Department of Health and Human Services” for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) in section 105(c), by striking out “Department of 25 USC 1614. Health, Education, and Welfare” and inserting in lieu thereof “Department of Health and Human Services”;

  8. Indian Health Amendments of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–573 § 117(b)(2) · 106 Stat. 4526

    Struck · 25 U.S.C. § 1614(d)

    Pub. L. 102–573, § 117(b)(2), struck out subsec. (d) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1989 to 1992

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–573, § 117(b)(2), struck out subsec. (d) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1989 to 1992.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) in section 105, by striking out subsection (d);

8 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1977–1992 · 4 rounds

1992

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(e)(1), substituted “section 1613a of this title” for “section 254r of title 42”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–573, § 102(e)(2), substituted “course of study in the health professions” for “school of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, or allied health professions”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–573, § 902(2)(B), substituted “Department of Health and Human Services” for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102–573, § 117(b)(2), struck out subsec. (d) which authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1989 to 1992.

1988

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100–713 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of this section: $600,000 for fiscal year 1978, $800,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1980. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $990,000 for the fiscal year ending , $1,140,000 for the fiscal year ending , $1,310,000 for the fiscal year ending , and $1,510,000 for the fiscal year ending .”

1980

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–537 substituted provisions authorizing appropriations of specific amounts for fiscal years ending , , , and , for provisions authorizing appropriation of such amounts as may be specifically authorized by an act enacted after .

1977

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–83 substituted reference to “section 294y–1 of title 42” for reference to “section 104” meaning section 104 of Pub. L. 94–437, which added section 234(i)(2) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Credits

1976–1992 · 5 acts
  1. 1976Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 105, , 90 Stat. 1404
  2. 1977Pub. L. 95–83, title III, § 307(n)(2), , 91 Stat. 393
  3. 1980Pub. L. 96–537, § 3(c), , 94 Stat. 3174
  4. 1988Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 103, , 102 Stat. 4786
  5. 1992Pub. L. 102–573, title I, §§ 102(e), 117(b)(2), title IX, § 902(2)(B), , 106 Stat. 4532, 4544, 4591.
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(Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 105, , 90 Stat. 1404; Pub. L. 95–83, title III, § 307(n)(2), , 91 Stat. 393; Pub. L. 96–537, § 3(c), , 94 Stat. 3174; Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 103, , 102 Stat. 4786; Pub. L. 102–573, title I, §§ 102(e), 117(b)(2), title IX, § 902(2)(B), , 106 Stat. 4532, 4544, 4591.)

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