PUBLIC LAW 91-696—DEC. 25, 1970
84 STAT. 2080-1
Public Law 91-696 91st Congress An Act To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the makhig of grants to medical schools and hospitals to assist them in establishing special departments and programs in the field of family practice, and otherwise to encourage and promote the training of medical and paramedical personnel in the field of family medicine and to provide for a study relating to causes and treatment of malnutrition.
Dec. 25, 1970 [S. 3418]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemMed^ Family practice TITLE I—FAMILY MEDICINE
of medicine; malnutrition, study.
SEC. 101. Part D of title VII of the Public Health Service Act is amended to read as follows: "PART D—GRANTS To PROVIDB PROFESSIONAL AND TBCHNICAI. THAININO IN THE F I E L D OF F A M I L Y MEDICINE
u. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE
"SEC. 761. It is the purpose of this part to provide for the making of 42 USC 295. grants to assist— "(1) public and private nonprofit medical schools— "(A) to operate, as an integral part of their medical education program, separate and distinct departments devoted to providing teaching and instruction (including continuing education) in all phases of family practice; "(B) to construct such facilities as may be appropriate to carry out a program of training in the field of family medicine whether as a part of a medical school or as separate outpatient or similar facility; "(C) to operate, or participate in, special training programs for paramedical personnel in the field of family medicine; and "(D) to operate, or participate in, special training programs to teach and train medical personnel to head departments of family practice or otherwise teach family practice in medical schools; and "(2) public and private nonprofit hospitals which provide training programs for medical students, interns, or residents— (A) to operate, as an integral part of their medical training programs, special professional training programs (including continuing education) in the field of family medicine for medical students, interns, residents, or practicing physicians; "(B) to construct such facilities as may be appropriate to carry out a program of training in the field of family medicine whether as a part of a hospital or as a separate outpatient or similar facility; "(C) to provide financial assistance (in the form of scholarships, fellowships, or stipends) to mtems, residents, or other medical personnel who are in need thereof, who are participants in a program of such hospital which provides special training (accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education) in the field of family medicine, and who plan to specialize or work in the practice of family medicine; and
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