Us Code § 7696 - Term of obligated service
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§ 7696. Term of obligated service
(a)
(1) obtain a license to practice medicine in a State;
(2) successfully complete post-graduate training leading to eligibility for board certification in a specialty;
(3) serve as a full-time clinical practice employee of the Veterans Health Administration for 12 months for every $40,000 in such benefits that the employee receives, but in no case for fewer than 24 months; and
(4) except as provided in subsection (b), to begin such service as a full-time practice employee by not later than 60 days after completing a residency.
(b)
(c)
(2) In the formula in paragraph (1):
(A) "A" is the amount the employee owes the Federal Government.
(B) "B" is the sum of all payments to or for the participant under the Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program.
(C) "T" is the number of months in the period of obligated service of the employee.
(D) "S" is the number of whole months of such period of obligated service served by the employee.
(Added Pub. L. 115–182, title III, §303(a), June 6, 2018, 132 Stat. 1465; amended Pub. L. 116–61, §6(8), Sept. 30, 2019, 133 Stat. 1117.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2019—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 116–61 struck out second closing parenthesis before period at end.
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