Joint resolution amending Title 38 of the United States Code to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to provide certain assistance in the establishment of new State medical schools and the improvement of existing medical schools affiliated with the Veterans' Administration; to develop cooperative arrangements between institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other nonprofit health service institutions affiliated with the Veterans' Administration to coordinate, improve, and expand the training of professional and allied health and paramedical personnel; to develop and evaluate new health careers, interdisciplinary approaches and career advancement opportunities; to improve and expand allied and other health manpower utilization; to afford continuing education for health manpower of the Veterans' Administration and other such manpower at Regional Medical Education Centers estabUshed at Veterans' Administration hospitals throughout the United States; and for other purposes
PL 92-541 (H.J.Res.748), enacted 10/24/1972

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PUBLIC LAW 92-541-OCT. 24, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
Hublic Law 9z-D4i 
October 24, 1972 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
[H. J. Res. 748] Amending Title 38 of the United States Code to autliorize the Administrator of 
Veterans' Affairs to provide certain assistance in tiie establishment of new 
State medical schools and the improvement of existing medical schools affili-
ated with the Veterans' Administration; to develop cooperative arrangements 
between institutions of higher education, hospitals, and other nonprofit health 
service institutions affiliated with the Veterans' Administration to coordinate, 
improve, and expand the training of professional and allied health and para-
medical personnel; to develop and evaluate new health careers, interdisci-
plinary approaches and career advancement opportunities; to improve and 
expand allied and other health manpower utilization; to afford continuing 
education for health manpower of the Veterans' Administration and other 
such manpower at Regional Medical Education Centers established at Veterans' 
Administration hospitals throughout the United States; and for other purposes. 
Whereas there is a great national shortage of physicians and allied 
health personnel; 
Whereas it is now estimated that there is a shortage of approximately 
48,000 doctors of medicine and over 250,000 allied health and other 
medical personnel; 
Whereas the Veterans' Administration operates the largest medical 
care system in the United States, if not the world; 
Whereas the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans-
Administration has an active and close affiliation with over eighty 
medical schools; 
Whereas if the training of sufficient numbers of physicians, other 
health professionals, allied health personnel, and other health per-
sonnel is to be accomplished, it is essential that the educational 
capacities of medical and health professions schools affiliated with 
the Veterans' Administration be expanded, that new medical and 
health professions schools affiliated with Veterans' Administration 
hospitals be established, and that education and training oppor-
tunities for the training of existing and future allied health and 
other health personnel be expandea and improved; 
Whereas because of the size, diversity, and quality of its medical pro-
gram, the Veterans' Administration's Department of Medicine and 
Surgery is uniquely qualified to assist in the expansion and 
improvement of existing affiliated medical schools and other health 
professions schools, in the establishment of new medical and health 
professions schools, and in the expansion and improvement of edu-
cation and training opportunities for allied health and other health 
personnel; and 
Whereas it is essential that an adequate number of physicians, health 
professionals, allied health personnel, and other health personnel 
be trained if the Congress is to discharge its responsibility to pro-
vide the best possible medical care for the Nation's veterans: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Rep^'esentatives of the United 
ministration Mtd- ^^^^^^ ^f -Afnerica lu Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited 
u:Ti School" ^ ' as the "Veterans' Administration Medical School Assistance and 
Health Manpower Training Act of 1972". 
_ 
^ 
SEC. 2. (a) Part VI of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
Act o
f 1972.^^ 
inserting immediately after chapter 81 the following new chapter— 
72 Stat. 1251; 
80 Stat. 1372. 
38 use 5001. 
Hi S -,'< 
Assistance and 
Health Man-
power Training 
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1101 
"Chapter 82—ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING NEW STATE 
MEDICAL SCHOOLS; GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDI-
CAL SCHOOLS; ASSISTANCE TO HEALTH MANPOWER 
TRAINING INSTITUTIONS 
"Sec. 
''5070. Coordination with public healtli programs; administration. 
"SUBCHAPTER I—PILOT PROGRAM FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE 
^ 
ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW STATE MEDICAL SCHOOLS 
"5071. Declaration of purpose. 
' 
"5072. Authorization of appropriations. 
"5073. Pilot program assistance. 
t 
"5074. Limitations. 
"SUBCHAPTER II—GRANTS TO AFFILIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS 
"5081. Declaration of purpose. 
"5082. Authorization of appropriations. 
"5083. Grants. 
"SUBCHAPTER III—ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT INSTI-
TUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH 
MANPOWER 
INSTITUTIONS 
AFFILIATED 
WITH T H E 
VETERANS' 
ADMINISTRATION 
TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION OF PROFES-
SIONAL AND OTHER HEALTH PERSONNEL 
"5091. Declaration of purpose. 
"5092. Definition. 
"5093. Grants. 
,--'.^M)to j * g 
"SUBCHAPTER IV—EXPANSION OF VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION 
HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CAPACITY 
"5096. Expenditures to remodel and make special allocations to Veterans' Admin-
istration hospitals for health manpower education and training. 
"§5070. Coordination with public health programs; administra-
tion 
"(a) The Administrator and the Secretary of Health, Education, 
and Welfare shall, to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate the 
programs carried out under this chapter and the programs carried 
out under section 309 and titles VII, VIII, and I X of the Public 
Health Service Act. 
"(b) The Administrator may not enter into any agreement under 
subchapter I of this chapter or make any grant or provide other assist-
ance under subchapter I I or I I I of this chapter after the end of the 
seventh calendar year after the calendar year in which this chapter 
takes effect. 
"(c) The Administrator, after consultation with the special medi-
cal advisory committee established pursuant to section 4112(a) of this 
title, shall prescribe regulations covering the terms and conditions for 
entering into agreements and making grants under this chapter. 
"(d) Payments made pursuant to grants under this chapter may 
be made in installments, and either in advance or by way of reimburse-
ment, with necessary adjustments on account of overpayments or 
underpayments, as the Administrator may determine. 
"(e) In making grants under this chapter, the Administrator shall 
give special consideration to applications from institutions which pro-
vide reasonable assurances, which shall be included in the grant agree-
ment, that priority for admission to health manpower and training 
l^rograms carried out by such institutions will be given to otherwise 
42 u s e 242g, 
292, 296, 299. 
72 Stat. 1253; 
78 Stat. 501. 
38 u s e 5011, 
5031. 
Regulations, 
72 Stat. 1247; 
80 Stat. 1370. 
38 u s e 4112. 
Payments. 
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[86 STAT. 
80 Stat. 1368. 
38 u s e 4101. 
Recordkeeping. 
Audit. 
qualified vetei-ans wlio during their military service acquired medical 
military occupation specialties, and that among such qualified vet-
erans those who served during the Vietnam era and those who are 
entitled to disability compensation under laws administered by the 
Veterans' Administration or whose discharge or release was for a dis-
ability incurred or aggravated in line of duty will be given the highest 
priority. In carrying out this chapter and section 4101(b) of this title 
in connection with health manpower and training programs assisted 
or conducted under this title or in affiliation with a Veterans' Admin-
istration medical facility, the Administrator shall take appropriate 
steps to encourage the institutions involved to afford the priorities 
described in the first sentence of this subsection and to advise all quali-
fied veterans with such medical military occupation specialties of the 
steps he has taken under this subsection and the opportunities avail-
able to them as a result of such steps. 
*'(f) (1) Each recipient of assistance under this chapter shall keep 
such records as the Adhiinistrator shall prescribe, including records 
which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the 
proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking 
in connection with which such 'assistance is made or used, the amount 
of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by 
other sources, and such records as will facilitate an effective audit. 
" (2) The Administrator 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, docu-
ments, papers, and records of the recipient of any assistance under 
this chapter which are pertinent to such assistance. 
"SUBCHAPTER I—PILOT PROGRAM FOR 
ASSISTANCE 
IN T H E ESTABLISHIMENT OF NEW STATE iSIEDICAL 
SCHOOLS 
"§ 5071. Declaration of purpose 
"The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the Administrator 
to implement a pilot program under which he may provide assistance 
in the establishment of new State medical schools at colleges or univer-
sities which are primarily supported by the States in which they are 
located if such schools are located in proximity to, and operated in 
conjunction with, Veterans' Administration medical facilities. 
"§ 5072. Authorization of appropriations 
"(a) There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June BO, 1973, and a like sum for each of the six 
succeeding fiscal years. Sums appropriated pursuant to this section 
shall be used for making grants pursuant to section 5073 of this title. 
"(b) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 
shall remain available until the end of the sixth fiscal year following 
the fiscal year for which they are appropriated. 
"§ 5073. Pilot program assistance 
"(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator 
may enter into an agreement to provide to any college or university 
which is primarily supported by the State in which it is located (here-
inafter in this subchapter referred to as 'institution') the following 
assistance to enable such institution to establish a new medical school: 
"(1) The leasing to the institution, for such consideration and 
under such terms and conditions as the Administrator deems 
appropriate, of such land, buildings, and structures (including 
equipment therein) under the control and jurisdiction of the Vet-
I 
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1103 
erans' Administration as may be necessary for such school. The 
three-year limitation on the term of a lease in section 5012(a) of 
this title shall not apply with respect to any lease entered into 
^2 stat. 1253. 
pursuant to this paragraph. Any lease made pursuant to this 
" c 5012. 
subchapter may be made without regard to the provisions of 
section 3709 of the Eevised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5). Notwith-
standing section 321 of the Act entitled 'An Act making appropri-
ations for the Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1933, and for other purposes', approved 
June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), or any other provision of law, a 
47 stat. 412. 
lease made pursuant to this subchapter may provide for the 
maintenance, protection, or restoration, by the lessee, of the 
property leased, as a part or all of the consideration for the lease. 
"(2) The extension, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or 
repair of buildings and structures (including, as part of a lease 
made under paragraph (1), the provision of equipment) provided 
under paragraph (1) to the extent necessary to make them suitable 
for use as medical school facilities. 
"(3) The making of grants to assist the institution to pay the 
cost of the salaries of the faculty of such school during the initial 
twelve-month period of operation of the school and the next six 
such twelve-month periods, but payment under this paragraph 
may not exceed an amount equal to— 
"(A) 90 per centum of the cost of faculty salaries during 
the first twelve-month period of operation, 
"(B) 90 per centum of such cost during the second such 
period, 
"(C) 90 per centum of such cost during the third such 
period, 
"(D) 80 per centum of such cost during the fourth such 
period, 
"(E) 70 per centum of such cost during the fifth such 
period, 
"(F) 60 per centum of such cost during the sixth such 
period, and 
"(G) 50 per centum of such cost during the seventh such 
period. 
"(b)(1) The Administrator may not enter into any agreement 
under subsection (a) of this section unless he finds, and the agreement 
includes satisfactory assurances, that— 
"(A) there will be adequate State or other financial support for 
the proposed school; 
" (B) the overall plans for the school meet such professional and 
other standards as the Administrator deems appropriate; 
" (C) the school will maintain such arrangements with the Vet-
erans' Administration medical facility with which it is associated 
(including but not limited to such arrangements as may be made 
under subchapter IV of chapter 81 of this title) as will be mutually o/2.^!*V^i^^^' 
beneficial in the carrying out of the mission of the medical facility 
and the school; and 
" (D^l on the basis of consultation with the appropriate accredi-
tation body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Commis-
sioner of Education of the Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare, there is reasonable assurance that, with the aid of an 
agreement under subsection (a) of this section, such school will 
meet the accreditation standards of such body or bodies within a 
reasonable time. 
"(2) Any agreement entered into by the Administrator under this 
subchapter shall contain such terms and conditions (in addition to 
85 Stat. 178. 
38 u s e 5051, 
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[86 STAT. 
those imposed pursuant to subsections (a) (1) and (b) (1) of tliis sec-
tion) as ne deems necessary and appropriate to protect the interest of 
the United States. 
"(c) If the Administrator, in accordance with such regulations as 
he shall prescribe, determines that any school established with assist-
ance under this chapter— 
"(1) is not accredited and fails to gain appropriate accredita-
tion within a reasonable period of time; 
" (2) is accredited but fails substantially to carry out the terms 
. • • '•'•' '
^ 
of the agreement entered into under this chapter; or 
"(3) IS no longer operated for the purpose for which such 
assistance was granted, 
he shall be entitled to recover from the recipient of assistance under 
this chapter the facilities of such school which were established with 
assistance under this chapter. In order to recover such facilities the 
Administrator may bring an action in the district court of the United 
States for the district in which such facilities are situated. 
"§5074. Limitations 
"The Administrator may not use the authority under this sub-
chapter to assist in the establishment of more than ei^ht new medical 
schools. Such schools shall be located in geographically dispersed 
areas of the United States. 
"SUBCHAPTEE II—GRANTS TO A F F I L I A T E D MEDICAL 
SCHOOLS 
"§ 5081. Declaration of purpose 
^ 
"The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the Administrator 
to carry out a program of grants to medical schools which have 
maintained affiliations with the Veterans' Administration in order 
to assist such schools to expand and improve their training capacities 
and to cooperate with institutions of the types assisted under sub-
chapter I I I of this chapter in carrying out the purposes of such 
subchapter. 
*'§ 5082. Authorization of appropriations 
" (a) There is further authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1973, and a like sum for each of the six 
succeeding fiscal years, for carrying out programs authorized under 
this chapter. 
"(b) Sums appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section 
shall remain available until the end of the sixth fiscal year following 
the fiscal year for which they are appropriated. 
"§ 5083. Grants 
"(a) Any medical school which is affiliated with the Veterans' 
Administration under an agreement entered into pursuant to sub-
80 Stat. 1373; 
chapter IV of chapter 81 of this title may apply to the Administrator 
^as'usc 5051. 
for a grant under this subchapter to assist such school, in part, to 
carry out, through the Veterans' Administration medical facility with 
which it is affiliated, projects and programs in furtheranc3 of tlie pur-
poses of this subchapter, except that no grant shall be made for the 
construction of any building which will not be located on land under 
the jurisdiction of the Administrator. Any such application shall con-
tain such information in such detail as the Administrator deems neces-
sary and appropriate. 
"(b) An application for a grant under this section may be approved 
by the Administrator only upon his determination that— 
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1105 
"(1) the proposed projects and programs for which the grant 
will be made will make a significant contribution to improving 
the medical education (including continuing education) program 
of the school and will result in a substantial increase in the number 
of medical students attending such school, provided there is rea-
sonable assurance from a recognized accrediting body or bodies 
approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of Education of 
the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare that the 
increase in the number of students will not threaten any existing 
accreditation or otherwise compromise the quality of the training 
•at such school; 
""(2) the application contains or is supported by adequate assur-
ance that any Federal funds made available under this subchapter 
will be supplemented by funds or other resources available from 
other sources, whether public or private; 
"(3) the application sets forth such fiscal control and account-
ing procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disburse-
ment of, and accounting for, Federal funds expended under this 
subchapter; and 
"(4) the application provides for making such reports, in such 
form and containing such information, as the Administrator may 
require to carry out his functions under this subchapter, and for 
keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the 
Administrator may find necessary to assure the correctness and 
verification of such reports. 
"SUBCHAPTER III—ASSISTANCE TO PUBLIC AND NON-
P R O F I T 
INSTITUTIONS 
OF 
H I G H E R 
LEARNING, 
HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH MANPOWER INSTI-
TUTIONS A F F I L I A T E D W I T H T H E VETERANS' ADMIN-
ISTRATION 
TO 
INCREASE 
THE 
PRODUCTION 
OF 
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER H E A L T H PERSONNEL 
*
*
§ 509L Declaration of purpose 
"The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the Administrator 
to carry out a program of grants to provide assistance in the establish-
ment of cooperative arrangements among universities, colleges, junior 
colleges, community colleges, schools of allied health professions, 
State and local systems of education, hospitals, and other nonprofit 
health manpower institutions affiliated with the Veterans' Adminis-
tration, designed to coordinate, improve, and expand the training of 
professional and technical allied health and paramedical personnel, 
and to assist in developing and evaluating new health careers, inter-
disciplinary approaches and career advancement opportunities, so as 
to improve and expand allied and other health manpower utilization. 
"§ 5092. Definition 
"For the purpose of this subchapter, the term 'eligible institution' 
means any nonprofit educational facility or other public or nonprofit 
institution, including universities, colleges, junior colleges, community 
colleges, schools of allied health professions. State and local systems 
of education, hospitals, and other nonprofit health manpower institu-
tions for the training or education of allied health or other health per-
sonnel affiliated with the Veterans' Administration for the conduct of 
or the providing of guidance for education and training programs for 
health manpower. 
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[86 STAT. 
"§ 5093. Grants 
"(a) Any eligible institution may apply to the Administrator for a 
grant under this subchapter to assist such institution to carry out, 
through the Veterans' Administration medical facility with which it 
is, or will become affiliated, educational and clinical projects and pro-
grams, matching the clinical requirements of the facility to the health 
manpower training potential of the eligible institution, for the expan-
sion and improvement of such institution's capacity to train health 
manpower, including physicians' assistants, nurse practitioners, and 
other new types of health personnel in furtherance of the purposes of 
this subchapter. Any such application shall contain a plan to carry out 
such projects and programs and such other information in such detail 
as the Administrator deems necessary and appropriate. 
"(b) An application for a grant under this section may be approved 
by the Administrator only upon his determination that— 
"(1) the proposed projects and programs for which the grant 
will be made will make a significant contribution to improving 
the education (including continuing education) or training pro-
gram of the eligible institution and will.result in a substantial 
increase in the number of students trained at such institution, pro-
vided there is reasonable assurance from a recognized accrediting 
body or bodies approved for such purposes by the Commissioner of 
Education of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 
that the increase in the number of students will not threaten any 
existing accreditation or otherwise compi-omise the quality of the 
training at such institution; 
"(2) the application contains or is supported by adequate assur-
ance that any Federal funds made available under this subchapter 
will be supplemented by funds or other resources available from 
other sources, whether public or private; 
"(3) the application sets forth such fiscal control and account-
ing procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbui-sement 
of, and accounting for, Federal funds expended under this sub-
chapter; and 
"(4) the application provides for making such reports, in such 
form and containing such information, as the Administrator may 
require to carry out his functions under this subchapter, and for 
keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the 
Administrator may find necessary to assure the correctness and 
verification of such reports. 
"SUBCHAPTER IV—EXPANSION OF VETERANS' ADMIN-
ISTRATION HOSPITAL EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING 
CAPACITY 
"§ 5096. Expenditures to remodel and make snecial allocations to 
Veterans* Administration hospitals for health man-
power education and training 
"Out of funds appropriated to the Veterans' Administration pur-
suant to the authorization in section 5082 of this title, the Admin-
istrator may expend such sums as he deems necessary, not to exceed 
30 per centum thereof, for (1) the necessary extension, expansion, 
alteration, improvement, remodeling, or repair of Veterans' Adminis-
tration buildings and structures (including provision of initial equip-
ment, replacement of obsolete or worn-out equipment, and, where 
necessary, addition of classrooms, lecture facilities, laboratories, and 
other teaching facilities) to the extent necessary to make them suit-
able for use for health manpower education and training in order 
80 Stat. 1368. 
to Carry out the purpose set forth in section 4101(b), and (2) special 
38 USw 4 1 0 1 * 
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1107 
allocations to Veterans' Administration hospitals and other medical 
facilities for the development or initiation of improved methods of 
education and training which may include the development or initia-
tion of plans which reduce the period of required education and train-
ing for health personnel but which do not adversely affect the quality 
of such education or training." 
(b) The table of chapters at the beginning of part VI of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding 
•'82. Assistance in Establishing New State Medical Schools; Grants 
to Affiliated Medical Schools; Assistance to Health Manpower 
Training Institutions 
5070". 
immediately below 
"81. Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities; 
Procurement and Supply 
5001". 
SEC. 3. (a) Chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, is amended 
Jl^ll%\\^^' 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subchapter: 
38 use 410*1. 
"SUBCHAPTER II—REGIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION 
CENTERS 
"§ 4121. Designation of Regional Medical Education Centers 
"(a) In carrying out his functions under section 4101 of this title 
with regard to the training of health manpower, the Administrator 
shall implement a pilot program under which he shall designate as 
Regional Medical Education Centers such Veterans' Administration 
hospitals as he determines appropriate to carry out the provisions of 
this subchapter in geographically dispersed areas of the United States. 
^'(b) Each Regional Medical Education Center (hereinafter in this 
subchapter referred to as 'Center') designated under subsection (a) 
of this section shall provide in-residence continuing medical and 
related education programs for medical and health personnel eligible 
for training under this subchapter, including (1) the teaching of 
newly developed medical skills and the use of newlj^ developed medical 
technologies and equipment, (2) advanced clinical instruction, (3) the 
opportunity for conducting clinical investigations, (4) clinical demon-
strations in the utilizaton of new types of health personnel and in the 
better utilization of the skills of existing health personnel, and (5) 
-
routine verification of basic medical skills and, where determined nec-
essary, remediation of any deficiency in such skills. 
"§ 4122, Supervision and staffing of Centers 
"(a) Centers shall be operated under the supervision of the Chief 
Medical Director and staffed with personnel qualified to provide the 
highest quality instruction and training in various medical and health 
care disciplines. 
" (b) As a means of providing appropriate recognition to individuals 
in the career service of the Department of Medicine and Surgery who 
possess outstanding qualifications in a particular medical or kealth 
care discipline, the Chief Medical Director shall from time to time 
and for such period as he deems appropriate assign such individuals 
to serve as visiting instructors at Centers. 
"(c) Whenever he deems it necessary for the effective conduct of 
the program provided for under this subchapter, the Chief Medical 
Director is authorized to contract for the services of highly qualified 
medical and health personnel from outside the Veterans' Administra-
tion to serve as instructors at such Centers. 
"§ 4123. Personnel eligible for training 
"The Chief Medical Director shall determine the manner in which 
personnel are to be selected for training in the Centers. Preference 
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[86 
STAT. 
72 Stat. 1247; 
80 Stat. 1370. 
38 u s e 4112. 
shall be given to career personnel of the Department of Medicine and 
Surgery. To the extent that facilities are available, other medical and 
health personnel shall, on a fully reimbursable basis, be eligible for 
in-residence training in the Centers. 
"§4124. Consultation 
"The Chief Medical Director shall carry out the provisions of this 
subchapter after consultation with the special medical advisory group 
established pursuant to section 4112(a) of this title." 
(b) (1) The table of sections at the be^nning of chapter 73 of title 
38, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the beginning of 
such table the following: 
"SUBCHAPTER I—OKGANIZATION ; GENERAL". 
(2) Such table of sections is further amended by adding at the end 
thereof the following: 
, 
"SUBCHAPTER II—REGIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION CENTERS 
"4121. Designation of Regional Medical Education Centers. 
"4122. Supervision and staffing of Centers. 
-
"4123. Personnel eligible for training. 
"4124. Consultation. 
"SUBCHAPTER I—ORGANIZATION; GENERAL". 
Approved October 24, 1972. 
October 25, 1972 
[H. R. 5066] 
Public Law 92-542 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1973 to carry out the Flammable 
Fabrics Act. 
Flammable 
Fabrics Act, 
amendment. 
15 u s e 1191 
note. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 13 of 
the Flammable Fabrics Act (81 Stat. 573) is amended by striking out 
"1968, and" and inserting "1968," in lieu thereof, and by inserting im-
mediately after "June 30,1970," the following: "and $4,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1973,". 
Approved October 25, 1972. 
October 25, 1972 
[H. R. 11773] 
Public Law 92-543 
AN ACT 
To amend section 389 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to 
the District of Columbia to exclude the personnel records, home addresses, and 
telephone numbers of the officers and members of the Metropolitan Police 
Department of the District of Columbia from the records open to public 
inspection. 
D.c. 
Police person-
nel records, public 
inspection. 
68 Stat. 755. 
67 Stat. 99. 
D.C. Code 
4-134. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 389 
of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of 
Columbia (D.C. Code, sec. 4-135), is amended to read as follows: "The 
records to be kept by paragraphs 1,2, and 4 of section 386 shall be open 
to public inspection when not in actual use, and this requirement shall 
be enforceable by mandatory injunction issued by the Superior Court 
of the District oi Columbia on the application of any person.". 
Approved October 25, 1972.