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42 U.S.C. § 295a

Public health training centers

United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective

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42 U.S.C. § 295a, Public health training centers, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/476002
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The Secretary may make grants or contracts for the operation of public health training centers. A public health training center shall be an accredited school of public health, or another public or nonprofit private institution accredited for the provision of graduate or specialized training in public health, that plans, develops, operates, and evaluates projects to improve preventive medicine, health promotion and disease prevention, or access to and quality of health care services in rural or medically underserved communities. In awarding grants or contracts under this section the Secretary shall give preference to accredited schools of public health. With respect to a public health training center, an award may not be made under subsection (a) unless the program agrees that it—

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