38 USC § 7615 - Status of participants

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s7615"
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title: "38 USC § 7615 - Status of participants"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "7615"
section_name: "Status of participants"
chapter_number: 76
chapter_name: "HEALTH PROFESSIONALS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–322, title II, § 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 522, § 4315; renumbered § 7615, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(b)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4682.)"
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# § 7615. Status of participants

Participants in the Scholarship Program shall not by reason of their participation in such program (1) be considered to be employees of the Federal Government, or (2) be counted against any personnel ceiling affecting the Veterans Health Administration.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–322, title II, § 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 522, § 4315; renumbered § 7615, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(b)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4682.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— substituted “Veterans Health Administration” for “Department of Medicine and Surgery”.

1991— renumbered  as this section.