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[CITE: 10USC2120]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                    PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
 
   CHAPTER 105--ARMED FORCES HEALTH PROFESSIONS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
                                PROGRAMS
 
 SUBCHAPTER I--HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
                       PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
 
Sec. 2120. Definitions

    In this subchapter:
        (1) The term ``program'' means the Armed Forces Health 
    Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program provided 
    for in this subchapter.
        (2) The term ``member of the program'' means a person appointed 
    a commissioned officer in a reserve component of the armed forces 
    who is enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship 
    and Financial Assistance program.
        (3) The term ``course of study'' means education received at an 
    accredited college, university, or institution in medicine, 
    dentistry, or other health profession, leading, respectively, to a 
    degree related to the health professions as determined under 
    regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
        (4) The term ``specialized training'' means advanced training in 
    a health professions specialty received in an accredited program 
    that is beyond the basic education required for appointment as a 
    commissioned officer with a designation as a health professional.

(Added Pub. L. 92-426, Sec. 2(a), Sept. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 717; amended 
Pub. L. 98-94, title XII, Sec. 1268(13), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 706; 
Pub. L. 100-26, Sec. 7(k)(2), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 100-
180, div. A, title VII, Sec. 711(a)(2), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1108; 
Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title VII, Sec. 725(a), (h)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 
103 Stat. 1478, 1480.)


                               Amendments

    1989--Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 725(h)(1), substituted 
``Scholarship and Financial Assistance program'' for ``Scholarship 
program''.
    Par. (4). Pub. L. 101-189, Sec. 725(a), added par. (4).
    1987--Pub. L. 100-180 substituted ``subchapter'' for ``chapter'' in 
introductory text and in par. (1).
    Pub. L. 100-26 inserted ``The term'' after each par. designation and 
struck out uppercase letter of first word after first quotation marks in 
each par. and substituted lowercase letter.
    1983--Pub. L. 98-94 substituted a colon for a dash after ``In this 
chapter'' in text preceding par. (1).
