PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 106 STAT. 2037 "(G) carries out recruitment programs for the health science professions, or programs for health-career awareness, among minority and other elementary or secondary students from areas the program has determined to be medically underserved. " (c) REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOLS.— Each medical (M.D. and D.O.) school participating in an area health education center program shall— "(1) provide for the active participation in such program by individuals who are associated with the administration of the school and each of the departments (or specialties if the school has no such departments) of internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gjoiecology, surgery, psychiatry, and family medicine; "(2) provide that no less than 10 percent of all undergraduate medical (M.D. and D.O.) clinical education of the school will be conducted in an area health education center and at locations under the sponsorship of such center; "(3) be responsible for, or conduct, a program for the training of physician assistants (as defined in section 799) or nurse practitioners (as defined under section 822) which gives special consideration to the enrollment of individuals from, or intending to practice in, the area served by the area health education center of the program; and "(4) provide for the active participation of at least 2 schools or programs of other health professions (including a school of dentistry and a graduate program of mental health practice if there are ones affiliated with the university with which the school of medicine or osteopathic medicine is affiliated) in the educational program conducted in the area served by the area health education center. The requirement of paragraph (3) shall not apply to a medical (M.D. and D.O.) school participating in an area health education center program if another such school participating in the same program meets the requirement of that paragraph. " (d) REQUIREMENTS FOR CENTERS. — "(1) SERVICE AREA. —Each area health education center shall specifically designate a geographic area in which it will serve, or shall specifically designate a medically underserved population it will serve (such area or population with respect to such center in this section referred to as 'the area served by the center*), which area or population is in a location remote from the main site of the teaching facilities of the school or schools which participate in the program with such center. "(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— Each area health education center shall— "(A) provide for or conduct training in health education services, including education in nutntion evaluation and coimseling, in the area served by the center; "(B) assess the health manpower needs of the area served by the center and assist in the planning and development of training programs to meet such needs; "(C) provide for or conduct a rotating osteopathic internship or a medical residency training program in family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics in which no fewer than four individuals are enrolled in first-year positions in such program;
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