25 USC § 1680b - National Health Service Corps

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1680b"
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title: "25 USC § 1680b - National Health Service Corps"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1680b"
section_name: "National Health Service Corps"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–437, title VIII, § 812, formerly title VII, § 712, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title VII, § 706, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4828; renumbered title VIII, § 812, Pub. L. 102–573, title VII, § 701(a), (b), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4572; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)"
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# § 1680b. National Health Service Corps

**(a)** **No reduction in services** The Secretary shall not remove a member of the National Health Service Corps from an Indian health program or urban Indian organization or withdraw funding used to support such a member, unless the Secretary, acting through the Service, has ensured that the Indians receiving services from the member will experience no reduction in services.

**(b)** **Treatment of Indian health programs** At the request of an Indian health program, the services of a member of the National Health Service Corps assigned to the Indian health program may be limited to the individuals who are eligible for services from that Indian health program.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–437, title VIII, § 812, formerly title VII, § 712, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title VII, § 706, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4828; renumbered title VIII, § 812, Pub. L. 102–573, title VII, § 701(a), (b), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4572; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 935.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Amendment by  is based on section 193 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 .

### Amendments

2010— amended section generally, revising and restating former provisions as subsec. (a) and adding subsec. (b).