(A) which provides, or can provide, programs of education leading to a baccalaureate or associate degree or to the equivalent of either or to a higher degree in the medical technology, optometric technology, dental hygiene, or any of such other of the allied health professions curriculums as are specified by regulations, or which, if in a junior college provides a program (i) leading to an associate or an equivalent degree, (ii) of education in optometric technology, dental hygiene, or curriculums as are specified by regulation, and (iii) acceptable for full credit toward a baccalaureate or equivalent degree in the allied health professions or designed to prepare the student to work as a technician in a health occupation specified by regulations of the Surgeon General, (B) which provides training for not less than a total of twenty persons in such curriculums, (C) which, if in a college or university which does not include a teaching hospital or in a junior college, is affiliated (to the extent and in the manner determined in accordance with regulations) with such a hospital, and (D) which is (or is in a college or university, which is) accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education, or which is in a junior college which is accredited by the regional accrediting agency for the region in which it is located or there is satisfactory assurance afforded by such accrediting agency to the Surgeon General that reasonable progress is being made toward accreditation by such junior college, except that an applicant for a grant for a construction project under section 791 which does not at the time of application meet the requirement of clause (B) shall be deemed to meet such requirement if the Surgeon General finds there is reasonable assurance that the unit will meet the requirement of clause (B) prior to the beginning of the academic year following the normal graduation date of the first entering class in such unit, or, if later, upon completion of the project for which assistance is requested and other projects (if any) under construction or planned and to be commenced within a reasonable time. (2) The term "full-time student" means a student. pursuing a full-time course of study, in one of the curriculums specified in or pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) of this section, leading to a baccalaureate or associate degree or to the equivalent of either, or to a higher degree, in a training center for allied health professions; regulations of the Surgeon General shall include provisions 80-727 O 77 Vol. 1 - 23 42 U.S.C. 295h-5 relating to determination of the number of students enrolled at a training center on the basis of estimates, or on the basis of the number of students enrolled in a training center in an earlier year, or on such basis as he deems appropriate for making such determination, and shall include methods of making such determinations when a training center was not in existence in an earlier year. (3) The term "nonprofit", as applied to any training center for allied health professions or to any private agency, organization, or institution, means one which is a corporation or association, or is owned and operated by one or more corporations or associations, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. (4) The term "construction" and "cost of construction" include (A) the construction of new buildings, and the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, replacement, and alteration of existing buildings, including architects' fees, but not including the cost of acquisition of land (except in the case of acquisition of an existing building), off-site improvements, living quarters, or patientcare facilities, and (B) equipping new buildings and existing buildings, whether or not expanded, remodeled, or altered. (5) The term "affiliated hospital" means a hospital, as defined in section 645, which is not owned by, but is affiliated (to the extent and in the manner determined in accordance with regulations) with, one or more training centers for allied health professions. RECORDS AND AUDITS SEC. 796. (a) Each recipient of a grant under this part shall keep such records as the Surgeon General may prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such grant, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such grant is made or used, and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, such records as will facilitate an effective audit. and (b) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient of any grant under this part which are pertinent to any such grant. EVALUATION SEC. 797.1 ** STUDY 295h-7 SEC. 798. (a) The Secretary shall conduct a study of 2.C. the administration of (1) the provisions of this part, (2) other provisions of this Act which relate to the allied health professions or the training of individuals to prepare them to engage in any of such professions; and (3) provisions of law which are administered by the Commissioner of Education and which relate to the allied health professions or the training of individuals to prepare them to engage in any of such professions; with a view to determining the adequacy of such provisions and the programs established pursuant thereto to meet the needs of the Nation for allied health professions personnel. 1 Repealed by P.L. 91-296. |