25 U.S.C. § 1614
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.
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.
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.
25 U.S.C. § 1614
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1992-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 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."1980-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, 1976.1977-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.
- Health profession
- The term "Health profession" means allopathic medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, geriatric medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, podiatric medicine, nursing, public health nursing, dentistry, psychiatry, osteopathy, optometry, pharmacy, psychology, public health, social work, marriage and family therapy, chiropractic medicine, environmental health and engineering, an allied health profession, or any other health profession.
- Service
- The term "Service" means the Indian Health Service.