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§ 239l–1. Administration
(a) In general
(b) Faculty
(1) In general
(2) Titles
(3) Nonapplication of provisions
(c) Agreements
(d) Programs
The Surgeon General may establish the following educational programs for Track students:
(1) Postdoctoral, postgraduate, and technological programs.
(2) A cooperative program for medical, dental, physician assistant, pharmacy, behavioral and mental health, public health, and nursing students.
(3) Other programs that the Surgeon General determines necessary in order to operate the Track in a cost-effective manner.
(e) Continuing medical education
(f) Authority of the Surgeon General
(1) In general
The Surgeon General is authorized—
(A) to enter into contracts with, accept grants from, and make grants to any nonprofit entity for the purpose of carrying out cooperative enterprises in medical, dental, physician assistant, pharmacy, behavioral and mental health, public health, and nursing research, consultation, and education;
(B) to enter into contracts with entities under which the Surgeon General may furnish the services of such professional, technical, or clerical personnel as may be necessary to fulfill cooperative enterprises undertaken by the Track;
(C) to accept, hold, administer, invest, and spend any gift, devise, or bequest of personal property made to the Track, including any gift, devise, or bequest for the support of an academic chair, teaching, research, or demonstration project;
(D) to enter into agreements with entities that may be utilized by the Track for the purpose of enhancing the activities of the Track in education, research, and technological applications of knowledge; and
(E) to accept the voluntary services of guest scholars and other persons.
(2) Limitation
(3) Scientists
(4) Volunteer services
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 272, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5315, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 637.)