---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 136.322"
title: "42"
number: "136.322"
heading: "Application and selection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/136.322"
---

# §136.322. Application and selection.

- (a) An application for a preparatory scholarship grant under this subdivision shall be submitted in such form and at such time as the Secretary acting through the Service may prescribe. 1 However, an application must indicate:
  - (1) The health profession which the applicant wishes to enter, and
  - (2) Whether the applicant intends to provide health services to Indians upon completion of health professions education or training by serving as described in [§ 136.332](/cfr/42/136.332.md) or otherwise as indicated on the application.
- (b) Within the limits of funds available for the purpose, the Secretary, acting through the Service, shall make scholarship grant awards for a period not to exceed two academic years of an individual's compensatory preprofessional education to eligible applicants taking into consideration:
  - (1) Academic performance;
  - (2) Work experience;
  - (3) Faculty recommendations;
  - (4) Stated reasons for asking for the scholarship; and
  - (5) The relative needs of the Service and Indian health organizations for persons in specific health professions.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 59646, Nov. 18, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 7381, Feb. 29, 1984. Redesignated and amended at 67 FR 35342, May 17, 2002]]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 102, 103, 106, 502, 702, and 704 of Pub. L. 94-437 (25 U.S.C. 1612, 1613, 1615, 1652, 1672 and 1674); sec. 338G of the Public Health Service Act, 95 Stat. 908 (42 U.S.C. 254r).

### Source

Source: 42 FR 59646, Nov. 18, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 67 FR 35342, May 17, 2002.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2001 and 2003; 25 U.S.C. 13; and 25 U.S.C. 1621a.

### Amendments

[42 FR 59646, Nov. 18, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 7381, Feb. 29, 1984. Redesignated and amended at 67 FR 35342, May 17, 2002]]