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42 USC § 297i - Procedures for appeal of terminations 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s297i"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 297i - Procedures for appeal of terminations"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "297i"
section_name: "Procedures for appeal of terminations"
chapter_number: 6
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "NURSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Student Loans"
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 VIII, § 842, as added Pub. L. 99–92, § 8(g), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 399; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5310(b)(2), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 631.)"
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# § 297i. Procedures for appeal of terminations

In any case in which the Secretary intends to terminate an agreement with a school of nursing under this part, the Secretary shall provide the school with a written notice specifying such intention and stating that the school may request a formal hearing with respect to such termination. If the school requests such a hearing within 30 days after the receipt of such notice, the Secretary shall provide such school with a hearing conducted by an administrative law judge.

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**Source Credit**: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 842, as added Pub. L. 99–92, § 8(g), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 399; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5310(b)(2), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 631.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 297i, , as added , , , relating to loan forgiveness, was transferred to and redesignated as subsec. (j) of section 823 of act , which is classified to , by , , .

A prior section 842 of act , was renumbered section 852, and was classified to  prior to repeal by .

A prior section 297j, , as added , , ; amended , , ; , , , provided grant authority for scholarships for undergraduate education of professional nurses, prior to repeal by , (c), , , effective immediately after enactment of , approved .

A prior section 843 of act , was renumbered section 853, and was classified to  prior to repeal by .

Another prior section 297j, , formerly § 860, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; renumbered § 845 and amended , , §§ 902(f), 937, 941(j)(1), (2), , 363, 366; , , (b), ; , , (b), , set forth provisions relating to scholarship grants to schools of nursing, prior to repeal by , , , eff. .

A prior section 845 of act , was renumbered section 855, and was classified to  prior to repeal by .

A prior section 297k, , formerly § 861, as added , , ; renumbered § 846 and amended , , §§ 941(j)(1), (3), , related to transfers of funds to student loan program, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2010— substituted “this part” for “this subpart”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1985 Amendment note under .