---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2122"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2122"
heading: "Eligibility for participation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2122"
units:
  - "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"
---

# §2122. Eligibility for participation

- (a) To be eligible for participation as a [member of the program](/usc/10/2120.md?p=2), a [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) must be a citizen of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) and must—
  - (1) be accepted for admission to, or enrolled in, an institution in a [course of study](/usc/10/2120.md?p=3) or selected to receive [specialized training](/usc/10/2120.md?p=4);
  - (2) sign an agreement that unless sooner separated he will—
    - (A) complete the educational phase of the [program](/usc/10/2120.md?p=1);
    - (B) accept an appropriate reappointment or designation within his [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) service, if tendered, based upon his health profession, following satisfactory completion of the [program](/usc/10/2120.md?p=1);
    - (C) participate in the intern [program](/usc/10/2120.md?p=1) of his service if selected for such participation;
    - (D) participate in the residency [program](/usc/10/2120.md?p=1) of his service, if selected, or be released from [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) for the period required to undergo civilian residency if selected for such [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9); and
    - (E) because of his sincere motivation and dedication to a career in the [uniformed services](/usc/10/1072.md?p=1), participate in [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) while he is in the [program](/usc/10/2120.md?p=1), under regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense; and
  - (3) meet the requirements for appointment as a [commissioned officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-2).
- (b) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense may require, as part of the agreement under [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2), that a [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) must agree to accept, if offered, residency [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9) in a health profession skill which has been designated by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) as a critically needed wartime skill.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 92–426, § 2(a), Sept. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 717; amended Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title VII, § 712(a), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1112; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VII, § 725(c), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1479.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1989—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–189 substituted “study or selected to receive specialized training” for “study, as that term is defined in section 2120(3) of this title”.

1987—Pub. L. 100–180 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).