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or training and receives a degree or certificate de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(C) The participant’s agreement to serve 
under subparagraph (B) in a Department facility se-
lected by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) In a case in which an extension is granted under 
section 7673(c)(2) of this title, the number of years for 
which a scholarship may be provided under the Program 
shall be the number of school years provided for as a result 
of the extension. 
‘‘(3) In the case of a participant who is a part-time 
student, the period of obligated service shall be reduced 
in accordance with the proportion that the number of cred-
it hours carried by such participant in any such school 
year bears to the number of credit hours required to be 
carried by a full-time student in the course of training 
being pursued by the participant, but in no event to less 
than one year. 
‘‘§ 7693. Scholarship 
‘‘(a) SCHOLARSHIP.—A scholarship provided to a 
participant in the Program for a school year shall consist 
of payment of the tuition (or such portion of the tuition 
as may be provided under subsection (b)) of the partici-
pant for that school year and payment of other reasonable 
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educational expenses (including fees, books, and labora-
tory expenses) for that school year. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNTS.—The total amount of the scholarship 
payable under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a participant in the Program 
who is a full-time student, may not exceed $15,000 
for the equivalent of one year of full-time 
coursework; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a participant in the Program 
who is a part-time student, shall bear the same ratio 
to the amount that would be paid under paragraph 
(1) if the participant were a full-time student in the 
course of education or training being pursued by the 
participant as the coursework carried by the partici-
pant to full-time coursework in that course of edu-
cation or training. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS ON PERIOD OF PAYMENT.—(1) 
The maximum number of school years for which a scholar-
ship may be paid under subsection (a) to a participant 
in the Program shall be six school years. 
‘‘(2) A participant in the Program may not receive 
a scholarship under subsection (a) for more than the 
equivalent of three years of full-time coursework. 
‘‘(d) PAYMENT
OF EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES
BY 
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary may ar-
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range with an educational institution in which a partici-
pant in the Program is enrolled for the payment of the 
educational expenses described in subsection (a). Such 
payments may be made without regard to subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 3324 of title 31. 
‘‘(e) FULL-TIME COURSEWORK.—For purposes of 
this section, full-time coursework shall consist of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) In the case of undergraduate coursework, 
30 semester hours per undergraduate school year. 
‘‘(2) In the case of graduate coursework, 18 se-
mester hours per graduate school year. 
‘‘§ 7694. Obligated service 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each participant in the Program 
shall provide service as a full-time employee of the Depart-
ment for the period of obligated service provided in the 
agreement of the participant entered into under section 
7604 of this title. Such service shall be provided in the 
full-time clinical practice of such participant’s profession 
or in another health-care position in an assignment or lo-
cation determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF SERVICE COMMENCEMENT 
DATE.—(1) Not later than 60 days before a participant’s 
service commencement date, the Secretary shall notify the 
participant of that service commencement date. That date 
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