United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 10. ARMED FORCES |
SubTitle A. General Military Law |
Part III. TRAINING AND EDUCATION |
Chapter 105. ARMED FORCES HEALTH PROFESSIONS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS |
SubChapter I. HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE SERVICE |
§ 2124. Members of the program: numbers appointed
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(a) Authorized Number of Members of the Program.— The number of persons who may be designated as members of the program for training in each health profession shall be as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, except that the total number of persons so designated may not, at any time, exceed 6,300. (b) Mental Health Professionals.— Of the number of persons designated as members of the program at any time, 300 may be members of the program described in section 2121(a)(1)(B) of this title.
Amendments
2009—Pub. L. 111–84 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “6,300” for “6,000”, and added subsec. (b).
1991—Pub. L. 102–190 substituted “except that the total number of persons so designated may not, at any time, exceed 6,000.” for “except that—
“(1) the total number of persons so designated in all of the programs authorized by this subchapter shall not, at any time, exceed 6,000; and
“(2) after
“(A) who are in the final two years of their course of study; and
“(B) who have agreed to accept, if offered, residency training in a health profession skill which has been designated by the Secretary as a critically needed wartime skill.”
1989—Par. (2). Pub. L. 101–189 inserted “after
1987—Pub. L. 100–180, § 712(b)(1), substituted “except that—” and pars. (1) and (2) for “except that the total number of persons so designated in all of the programs authorized by this subchapter shall not, at any time, exceed 6,000.”
Pub. L. 100–180, § 711(a)(2), substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”.
1985—Pub. L. 99–145 substituted “6,000” for “5,000”.
Effective Date Of Amendment
Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VII, § 712(b)(2),
Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 672(j),
Repeals
The directory language of, but not the amendment made by, Pub. L. 99–145, title VI, § 672(i),