42 USC § 256f - Designated dental health professional shortage area
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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s256f"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 256f - Designated dental health professional shortage area"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "256f"
section_name: "Designated dental health professional shortage area"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Primary Health Care"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 340F, as added Pub. L. 107–251, title IV, § 403, Oct. 26, 2002, 116 Stat. 1660.)"
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# § 256f. Designated dental health professional shortage area
section 254e of this title
In this subpart, the term “designated dental health professional shortage area” means an area, population group, or facility that is designated by the Secretary as a dental health professional shortage area under or designated by the applicable State as having a dental health professional shortage.
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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 340F, as added Pub. L. 107–251, title IV, § 403, Oct. 26, 2002, 116 Stat. 1660.)