To Amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Hearings Before the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6629 ... Hearings Held in Washington, D.C., March 6 and 25, 1980

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 - 497 pages

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Page 267 - ... any individual who (1), irrespective of whether he or she lives on or near a reservation, is a member of a tribe, band, or other organized group of Indians, including those tribes, bands, or groups terminated since 1940 and those recognized now or in the future by the State in which they reside, or who is a descendant, in the first or second degree, of any such member...
Page 267 - ... nursing and allied subjects leading to the degree of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of nursing, or to an equivalent degree, or to a graduate degree in nursing...
Page 107 - The purpose of this title is to encourage the establishment of programs in urban areas to make health services more accessible to the urban Indian population.
Page 267 - ... administrative unit in a junior college, community college, college, or university which provides primarily or exclusively an accredited two-year program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading to an associate degree in nursing or to an equivalent degree. (d) The term "accredited...
Page 271 - Indians which are or could be recipients of health referral or care services; (2) identity all public and private health service resources within the urban center in which the organization is situated which are or may be available to urban Indians...
Page 267 - school of medicine', 'school of dentistry', 'school of osteopathy', 'school of pharmacy', 'school of optometry', 'school of podiatry', and 'school of public health' mean a school which provides training leading, respectively, to a degree of doctor of medicine, a degree of doctor of dentistry or an equivalent degree, a degree of doctor of osteopathy, a degree of "bachelor of science in pharmacy or...
Page 271 - Indian organizations pursuant to this title shall be in accordance with all Federal contracting laws and regulations except that, in the discretion of the Secretary, such contracts may be negotiated without advertising and need not conform to the provisions of the Act of August 24, 1935 as amended, (The Miller Act, 40 USC 270a et seq.
Page 267 - accredited" when applied to any program of nurse education means a program accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner.
Page 267 - Which, if in a college or univerisity which does not include a teaching hospital or in a junior college, is affiliated through a written agreement with one or more hospitals which provide the hospital component of the clinical training required for completion of such programs of education. The written agreement shall be executed by individuals authorized to act for their respective institutions and to assume on behalf of their institution the obligations imposed by such agreement. The agreement shall...
Page 269 - Post-secondary education or training curricula and programs designed to qualify persons for enrollment in health professions schools; (2) Developing and coordinating career orientation programs in local schools (including high schools) and colleges and...

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