106 STAT. 4532

PUBLIC LAW 102-573—OCT. 29, 1992

Establishment.

25 USC 16l3a
note.

"(A) such scholarship shall be for a period of years not
to exceed the part-time equivalent of 4 years, as determined
by the Secretary;

"(B) the period of obligated service specified in section
338A(fXD(BXiv) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254m(f)(D(B)(iv)) shall be equal to the greater of—

"(i) the part-time equivalent of one year for each year

for which the individual was provided a scholarship (as

determined by the Secretary); or
"(ii) two years; and

"(C) the amount of the monthly stipend specified in section
338A(g)(l)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254m(g)(l)(B)) shall be reduced pro rata (as determined by
the Secretary) based on the number of hours such student
is enrolled.";

(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) The Secretary shall, acting through the Service, establish
a Placement Office to develop and implement a national policy
for the placement, to available vacancies within the Service, of
Indian Health Scholarship recipients required to meet the active
duty service obligation prescribed under section 338C of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254m) without regard to any competi-
tive personnel system, agency personnel limitation, or Indian pref-
erence policy."; and

(4) by striking out subsection (d).

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection
(c)(l)(C) and subsection (c)(2)(B) shall apply with respect to scholar-
ships granted under section 104 of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(e) EXTERN PROGRAM.—Section 105 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1614)
is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking out "section 757 of the
Public Health Service Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "section
104"; and

(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".

SEC. 103. BREACH OF CONTRACT PROVISIONS RELATING TO INDIAN
HEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS.

Section 104(b) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a(b)) (as amended

by section 102(c) of this Act) is amended by adding at the end

the following new paragraph:

"(5)(A) An individual who has, on or after the date of the

enactment of this paragraph, entered into a written contract with

the Secretary under this section and who—

"(i) fails to maintain an acceptable level of academic stand-
ing in the educational institution in which he is enrolled (such
level determined by the educational institution under regula-
tions of the Secretary),

"(ii) is dismissed from such educational institution for dis-
ciplinary reasons,

"(iii) voluntarily terminates the training in such an edu-
cational institution for which he is provided a scholarship under
such contract before the completion of such training, or