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[CITE: 10USC4416]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
                     CHAPTER 407--SCHOOLS AND CAMPS
 
Sec. 4416. Academy of Health Sciences: admission of civilians in 
        physician assistant training program
        
    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army may, pursuant to an 
agreement entered into with an accredited institution of higher 
education--
        (1) permit students of the institution to attend the didactic 
    portion of the physician assistant training program conducted by the 
    Army Medical Department at the Academy of Health Sciences at Fort 
    Sam Houston, Texas; and
        (2) accept from the institution academic services to support the 
    physician assistant training program at the Academy.

    (b) Agreement for Exchange of Services.--An agreement entered into 
with an institution of higher education under this section shall require 
the institution, in exchange for services provided under paragraph (1) 
of subsection (a), to provide academic services described in paragraph 
(2) of such subsection that the Secretary and authorized representatives 
of the institution consider appropriate.
    (c) Selection of Students.--In consultation with the authorized 
representatives of the institution of higher education concerned, the 
Secretary shall prescribe the qualifications and methods of selection 
for students of the institution to receive instruction at the Academy 
under this section. The qualifications shall be comparable to those 
generally required for admission to the physician assistant training 
program at the Academy.
    (d) Rules of Attendance.--Except as the Secretary determines 
necessary, a student who receives instruction at the Academy under this 
section shall be subject to the same regulations governing attendance, 
discipline, discharge, and dismissal as apply to other persons attending 
the Academy.
    (e) Limitations.--The Secretary shall ensure the following:
        (1) That the Army Medical Department, in carrying out an 
    agreement under this section, does not incur costs in excess of the 
    costs that the department would incur to obtain, by means other than 
    the agreement, academic services that are comparable to those 
    provided by the institution pursuant to the agreement.
        (2) That attendance of civilian students at the Academy under 
    this section does not cause a decrease in the number of members of 
    the armed forces enrolled in the physician assistant training 
    program at the Academy.

    (f) Annual Report.--(1) Each year, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the exchange of services under this section during 
the year. The report shall contain the following:
        (A) The number of civilian students who receive instruction at 
    the Academy under this section.
        (B) An assessment of the benefits derived by the United States.

    (2) Reports are required under paragraph (1) only for years during 
which an agreement is in effect under this section.

(Added Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title VII, Sec. 741(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 
111 Stat. 1816.)
