25 U.S.C. § 1680b
The Secretary shall not remove a member of the National Health Service Corps from an Indian health program or urban Indian organization or withdraw funding used to support such a member, unless the Secretary, acting through the Service, has ensured that the Indians receiving services from the member will experience no reduction in services.
At the request of an Indian health program, the services of a member of the National Health Service Corps assigned to the Indian health program may be limited to the individuals who are eligible for services from that Indian health program.
25 U.S.C. § 1680b
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONAmendment by Pub. L. 111-148 is based on section 193 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111-148.
AMENDMENTS2010- Pub. L. 111-148 amended section generally, revising and restating former provisions as subsec. (a) and adding subsec. (b).
- Indian health program
- The term "Indian health program" means-(A) any health program administered directly by the Service;(B) any tribal health program; and(C) any Indian tribe or tribal organization to which the Secretary provides funding pursuant to section 47 of this title.
- Service
- The term "Service" means the Indian Health Service.
- Urban Indian organization
- The term "Urban Indian organization" means a nonprofit corporate body situated in an urban center, governed by an urban Indian controlled board of directors, and providing for the maximum participation of all interested Indian groups and individuals, which body is capable of legally cooperating with other public and private entities for the purpose of performing the activities described in section 1653(a) of this title.1 See References in Text note below.2 So in original. Probably should be followed by a dash.3 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.