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# 10 U.S.C. § 2120 - Definitions
## Text
In this subchapter:
(1) The term “program” means the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program provided for in this subchapter.
(2) The term “member of the program” means a person appointed a commissioned officer in a reserve component of the armed forces who is enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance program.
(3) The term “course of study” means education received at an accredited college, university, or institution in medicine, dentistry, or other health profession, leading, respectively, to a degree related to the health professions as determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
(4) The term “specialized training” means advanced training in a health professions specialty received in an accredited program that is beyond the basic education required for appointment as a commissioned officer with a designation as a health professional.
(Added Pub. L. 92426, § 2(a), Sept. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 717; amended Pub. L. 9894, title XII, § 1268(13), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 706; Pub. L. 10026, § 7(k)(2), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 100180, div. A, title VII, § 711(a)(2), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1108; Pub. L. 101189, div. A, title VII, § 725(a), (h)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1478, 1480.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1989—Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 101189, § 725(h)(1), substituted “Scholarship and Financial Assistance program” for “Scholarship program”. Par. (4). Pub. L. 101189, § 725(a), added par. (4). 1987—Pub. L. 100180 substituted “subchapter” for “chapter” in introductory text and in par. (1). Pub. L. 10026 inserted “The term” after each par. designation and struck out uppercase letter of first word after first quotation marks in each par. and substituted lowercase letter. 1983—Pub. L. 9894 substituted a colon for a dash after “In this chapter” in text preceding par. (1).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Demonstration Project on Service of Retired Nurse Corps Officers as Faculty at Civilian Nursing SchoolsPub. L. 110417, [div. A], title V, § 597, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4479, as amended by Pub. L. 111383, div. A, title X, § 1075(e)(8), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4375, which authorized the Secretary of Defense to conduct a demonstration project to encourage retired military nurses to serve as faculty at civilian nursing schools, expired on June 30, 2014.