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[CITE: 38USC7635]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
              PART V--BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES
 
     CHAPTER 76--HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
 
                  SUBCHAPTER IV--ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
 
Sec. 7635. Service in other agencies

    (a) The Secretary, with the consent of the participant or individual 
involved and the consent of the head of the department or agency 
involved, may permit--
        (1) a period of obligated service required under this chapter to 
    be performed in the Veterans Health Administration to be performed 
    in another Federal department or agency or in the Armed Forces in 
    lieu of performance of such service in the Veterans Health 
    Administration; and
        (2) a period of obligated service required to be performed in 
    another Federal department or agency or in the Armed Forces under 
    another Federal health personnel educational assistance program to 
    be performed in the Veterans Health Administration.

    (b) This section shall be carried out in cooperation with the heads 
of other appropriate departments and agencies.

(Added Pub. L. 100-322, title II, Sec. 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 
529, Sec. 4335; renumbered Sec. 7635, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, 
Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 102-83, 
Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404, 405; Pub. L. 103-446, 
title XII, Sec. 1201(b)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4682.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-446 substituted ``Veterans Health 
Administration'' for ``Department of Medicine and Surgery'' wherever 
appearing.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 4335 of this title as this 
section.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-83 substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator'' in introductory provisions.
