106STAT.4540

PUBLIC LAW 102-573—OCT. 29, 1992

"(1) using trainers accredited by the Program, provide a
high standard of training to community health aides and com-
munity health practitioners to ensure that such aides and
practitioners provide quality health care, health promotion,
and disease prevention services to the villages served by the
Program;

"(2) in order to provide such training, develop a curriculum
that—

"(A) combines education in the theory of health care
with supervised practical experience in the provision of
healthcare;

"(B) provides instruction and practical experience" in
the provision of acute care, emergency care, health pro-
motion, disease prevention, and the efficient and effective
management of clinic pharmacies, supplies, equipment, and
facilities; and

"(C) promotes the achievement of the health status
objectives specified in section 3(b);

Establishment. "(3) establish and maintain a Community Health Aide Cer-

tification Board to certify as community health aides or commu-
nity health practitioners individuals who have successfully com-
pleted the training described in paragraph (1) or can dem-
onstrate equivalent experience;

"(4) develop and maintain a system which identifies the
needs of community health aides and community health
practitioners for continuing education in the provision of health
care, including the areas described in paragraph (2)(B), and
develop programs that meet the needs for such continuing
education;

"(5) develop and maintain a system that provides close
supervision of community health aides and community health
practitioners; and

"(6) develop a system under which the work of community
health aides and community health practitioners is reviewed
and evaluated to assure the provision of quality health care,
health promotion, and disease prevention services.".

SEC. 112. MATCHING GRANTS TO TRIBES.

Title I of the Act (as amended by section 111 of this Act)
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

"MATCHING GRANTS TO TRIBES FOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS

25 use 1616m. "SEC. 120. (a)(l) The Secretary shall make grants to Indian

tribes and tribal organizations for the purpose of assisting such
tribes and tribal organizations in educating Indians to serve as
health professionals in Indian communities.

"(2) Amounts available for grants under paragraph (1) for any
fiscal year shall not exceed 5 percent of amounts available for
such fiscal year for Indian Health Scholarships under section 104.

"(3) An application for a grant under paragraph (1) shall be
in such form and contain such agreements, assurances, and hiforma-
tion as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out this
section.

"(b)(l) An Indian tribe or tribal organization receiving a grant
under subsection (a) shall agree to provide scholarships to Indians
pursuing education in the health professions in accordance with
the requirements of this section.