Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 3.djvu/242

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106 STAT. 2036 PUBLIC LAW 102-408—OCT. 13, 1992 "(i) The establishment of computer-based information programs or telecommunication networks that will link nealth science centers and service delivery sites, "(ii) The provision of disease specific educational programs for health providers and students in areas of concern to the United States. "(iii) The development of information dissemination models to make available new information and technologies emerging from biological research centers to the practicing medical community. "(iv) The institution of new minority recruitment and retention programs, targeted to improved service delivery in areas the program determines to be medically underserved. y^*,,,, "(v) The establishment of programs to place physicians from health manpower shortage areas into similar areas to encourage retention of physicians and to provide flexibility to States in filling positions in health professional shortage areas. "(vi) The establishment or improvement of education and training programs for State emergency medical systems. "(vii) The establishment of programs to train health care providers in the identification and referral of cases of domestic violence. "(F) The aggregate amount of awards provided under subparagraph (A) to schools in a State for a fiscal year may not exceed the lesser of— " (i) $2,000,000; and "(ii) an amount equal to the product of $250,000 and the aggregate number of area health education centers operated in the State by the schools. "(b) STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— An area health education center program shall be a cooperative program of one or more medical (M.D. and D.O.) schools and one or more nonprofit private or public area health education centers. "(2) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— With respect to an area health education center program, a school may not receive an award under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for operational expenses, or an award under paragraph (2) or (3) of such subsection, unless the program— "(A) maintains preceptorship educational experiences for health science students; "(B) maintains community-based primary care residency programs or is affiliated with such programs; "(C) maintains continuing education programs for health professionals or coordinates with such programs; "(D) maintains learning resource and dissemination systems for information identification and retrieval; "(E) has agreements with community-based organizations for the delivery of education and training in the health professions; "(F) is involved in the training of health professionals (including nurses and allied health professionals), except to the extent inconsistent with the law of the State in which the training is conducted; and