Important Notifications

Discrimination Prohibited
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states: “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination, under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its implementing regulations (45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 86) provide that no person in the United States shall, based on his/her sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, provides that no otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States shall, solely by reason of his/her handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

Title III of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, provides the general rule that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of age, be excluded from participation in, be denied benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under, any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

PRIVACY ACT NOTIFICATION STATEMENT
This information is provided pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 94-579), as amended, for individuals supplying information for inclusion in a system of records.

Authority
Public Health Service Act, Title III, Sections 338A and 338C-E, 338G.

Purposes and Uses
The National Health Service Corps' (NHSC) objective is to increase the supply of primary care physicians, dentists, behavioral and mental health professionals, certified nurse midwives, certified family nurse practitioners, and physician assistants and, if needed by the National Health Service Corps, other health professionals in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) within the United States by providing service-obligated scholarships to health professions students. The information you supply will be used to evaluate your qualifications and suitability for participating in the NHSC Scholarship Program.

A participant's contract, application and related data, documentation and correspondence are maintained in a system of records to be used within the Department of Health and Human Services to monitor NHSC Scholarship Program-related activities. The information may also be disclosed outside the Department, as permitted by the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, to the Congress, the National Archives, the General Accounting Office, and pursuant to court order and various routine uses.

The name of an NHSC Scholarship Program participant, specialty, address and telephone number, and service obligation completion date may be provided to professional placement firms in response to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act.

Effects of Nondisclosure
Disclosure of the information sought is voluntary; however, if not submitted, except for the reply to Section E, Item 1 (Race/Ethnicity) on the Application for NHSC Scholarship Program, a contract application will be considered incomplete.

The Applicant Information Bulletin describes the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program authorized by Sections 331 through 338A and 338C through 338H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S. Code 254d-l and 254m-q), as amended by Public Law 101-251 on October 26, 2002, and implemented by Federal Regulations (Title 42 Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 23 and 62) and the administrative guidelines for Fiscal Year 2008. Future changes in the governing statute, the implementing regulations, and Program guidelines may also be applicable to your participation in this Program. The National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program is listed as number 93.288 in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.