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10 U.S.C. § 2112 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 10. Armed Forces § 2112. Establishment

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) There is established a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (in this chapter referred to as the “University”) with authority to grant appropriate certificates, certifications, undergraduate degrees, and advanced degrees.

(2) The University shall be so organized as to graduate not fewer than 100 medical students annually.

(3) The headquarters of the University shall be at a site or sites selected by the Secretary of Defense within 25 miles of the District of Columbia.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the numbers of persons to be graduated from the University shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. In so prescribing the number of persons to be graduated from the University, the Secretary of Defense shall institute actions necessary to ensure the maximum number of first-year enrollments in the University consistent with the academic capacity of the University and the needs of the uniformed services for medical personnel.

(c) The development of the University may be by such phases as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe subject to the requirements of subsection (a).

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