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[CITE: 38USC7602]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 76--HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
                          SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL
 
Sec. 7602. Eligibility

    (a)(1) To be eligible to participate in the Educational Assistance 
Program under subchapter II, III, or VI of this chapter, an individual 
must be accepted for enrollment or be currently enrolled as a student at 
a qualifying educational institution in a course of education or 
training that is approved by the Secretary and that leads toward 
completion of a degree in a field of education or training for which a 
scholarship may be awarded under subchapter II of this chapter, for 
which tuition reimbursement may be provided under subchapter III of this 
chapter, or for which a scholarship may be awarded under subchapter VI 
of this chapter, as the case may be.
    (2) A qualifying educational institution for purposes of this 
section is an educational institution that is in a State and that (as 
determined by the Secretary) is an accredited institution.
    (b) An individual is not eligible to apply to participate in the 
Educational Assistance Program under subchapter II, III, or VI of this 
chapter if the individual is obligated under any other Federal program 
to perform service after completion of the course of education or 
training of such individual referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section.

(Added Pub. L. 100-322, title II, Sec. 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 
518, Sec. 4302; amended Pub. L. 101-366, title II, Sec. 205(c)(2), Aug. 
15, 1990, 104 Stat. 441; renumbered Sec. 7602, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, 
Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405; Pub. L. 105-368, 
title VIII, Sec. 805(2), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3358.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-368, Sec. 805(2)(A), substituted 
``subchapter II, III, or VI'' for ``subchapter I or II'', substituted 
``, for which'' for ``or for which'', and inserted before period at end 
``, or for which a scholarship may be awarded under subchapter VI of 
this chapter, as the case may be''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-368, Sec. 805(2)(B), substituted 
``subchapter II, III, or VI'' for ``subchapter I or II''.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 4302 of this title as this 
section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' in pars. (1) and (2).
    1990--Subsecs. (a)(1), (b). Pub. L. 101-366 inserted ``under 
subchapter I or II of this chapter'' after ``Educational Assistance 
Program''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7612, 7672 of this title.
