Sec. 57.3006 Evaluation and grant award. 57.3007 Grant payments. 57.3008 Expenditure of grant funds. 57.3009 Nondiscrimination. 57.3010 Grantee accountability. 57.3011 Publications and copyright. 57.3012 Reports. 57.3013 Applicability of 45 CFR Part 74. 57.3014 Additional conditions. Subpart A-Grants for Planning of Clinical Education Programs AUTHORITY: Section 215 of the Public Health Service Act, 58 Stat. 690, as amended, 63 Stat. 35 (42 U.S.C. 216); sec. 788(f) of the Public Health Service Act, 90 Stat. 2321 (42 U.S.C. 295g-8(f)). SOURCE: 42 FR 46521, Sept. 16, 1977, unless otherwise noted. § 57.1 Applicability. The regulations in this subpart are applicable to the award of grants under section 788(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295g8(f)) to schools of medicine to assist in meeting the planning costs of projects for the training of medical students enrolled in the last two years of such school, in facilities which are other than the principal teaching facilities of the school and which are existing Federal health care facilities or other public or private health care facilities and which are located in health manpower shortage areas. Grants under this subpart will not be made for feasibility studies. § 57.2 Defintions. For purposes of this subpart: (a) 'Act" means the Public Health Service Act, as amended. (b) "Council" means the National Advisory Council on Health Professions Education established by section 702 of the Act. (c) "Fiscal year" means the Federal fiscal year beginning October 1 and ending on the following September 30. (d) "Health manpower shortage area" means an area designated under section 332 of the Act. (e) "Nonprofit" as applies to any school 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 earn ings of which inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any shareholder or individual. (f) "Principal teaching facilities" mens facilities used by a school of medicine for training programs sponsored by more than one department of the school prior to application for funds under this subpart. (g) "Project director" means an individual designated by the grantee in the grant application and approved by the Secretary to direct the project being supported under this subpart. (h) "School of medicine” means a school which provides training leading to a degree of doctor of medicine and is accredited by a recognized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commissioner of Education. A school which by reason of no, or an insufficient, period of operation is not eligible for such accreditation at the time it applies for a grant under this subpart will be considered accredited for purposes of this definition if the Commissioner of Education finds, after consultation with the appropriate accreditation body or bodies, there is reasonable assurance that school will meet the accreditation standards of such body or bodies before the beginning of the academic year following the normal graduation date of students who are in their first year of instruction at the school during the fiscal year in which the Secretary makes a final determination as to approval of the application. the (i) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and any other officer or employee of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to whom the authority in-. volved has been delegated. (j) "State" includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. § 57.3 Eligibility. Any public or nonprofit private school of medicine located in a State is eligible to apply for a grant under this subpart. § 57.4 Application. (a) Each applicant desiring a grant under this subpart must submit an application at such time and in such form as the Secretary may prescribe.' (b) The application must be executed by an individual authorized to act for the applicant and to assume on behalf of the applicant the obligations imposed by the terms and conditions of any award, including the regulations of this subpart. (c) In addition to such other pertinent information as the Secretary may require, an application for a grant under this subpart must contain: (1) A full and adequate description of the proposed project meeting the requirements of section 788(f) of the Act including: (i) A description of the planning and developmental activities which have been accomplished by the applicant. (ii) A description of the objectives of the proposed project with a timephased work program. (iii) A detailed budget for the proposed project and a justification of the amount of funds requested. (iv) A description of the qualifications of all professional personnel to be involved in the project, including their professional backgrounds, academic training, responsibilities, and functions. (v) The estimated number of medical students enrolled in the last two years of the school just preceding the award of the degree of doctor of medicine who are scheduled for participation in the training program and the manner in which their participation will be obtained, e.g., required or elective. (vi) A description of any clinical departments which have been scheduled for participation in the training program. (vii) A description of the projected faculty resources and approaches to be utilized to determine the adequacy of such resources. (viii) A description of any proposed facilities which have been scheduled 'Applications and instructions may be obtained from the Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Manpower, Health Resources Administration, Room 4-44. 3700 East-West Highway, Center Building, Hyattsville, Md. 20782. |