---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 1667d"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "1667d"
heading: "Use of predoctoral psychology and psychiatry interns"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/1667d"
units:
  - "Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care"
  - "Subchapter V–A — Behavioral Health Programs"
  - "Part B — Indian Youth Suicide Prevention"
---

# §1667d. Use of predoctoral psychology and psychiatry interns


The [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) shall carry out such activities as the [Secretary](/usc/25/1603.md?p=17) determines to be necessary to encourage [Indian tribes](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14), [tribal organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26), and other mental health care providers to obtain the [services](/usc/25/1603.md?p=18) of predoctoral psychology and psychiatry interns—

- (1) to increase the quantity of patients served by the [Indian tribes](/usc/25/1603.md?p=14), [tribal organizations](/usc/25/1603.md?p=26), and other mental health care providers; and
- (2) for purposes of recruitment and retention.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–437, title VII, § 725, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 725 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 181 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.