42 CFR § 136.332 - Service obligation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s136.332"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 136.332 - Service obligation."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "136.332"
section_name: "Service obligation."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "136"
part_name: "INDIAN HEALTH"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2001 and 2003; 25 U.S.C. 13; and 25 U.S.C. 1621a."
cfr_part: "136"
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# 136.332 Service obligation.
The service obligation provided in section 338G(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act shall be met by the recipient of an Indian Health Scholarship by service in:
(a) The Indian Health Service.
(b) An urban Indian organization assisted under Subdivision J-6.
(c) In private practice of his or her profession if, the practice (1) is situated in a health manpower shortage area, designated under section 332 of the Public Health Service Act and (2) addresses the health care needs of a substantial number of Indians as determined by the Secretary in accordance with guidelines of the Service.
[42 FR 59646, Nov. 18, 1977, as amended at 50 FR 1855, Jan. 14, 1985]