PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1479 PRINTER'S NO. 2034
No. 1256 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, JUNE 6, 1977
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SEPTEMBER 28, 1977
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation to the Philadelphia College of
2 Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The sum of $3,577,000, or as much thereof as may
6 be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated to the
7 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia,
8 Pennsylvania, for its fiscal period July 1, 1977 to June 30,
9 1978, for instruction in the Doctor of Osteopathy program. AS A <--
10 CONDITION OF RECEIVING ITS APPROPRIATION, ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1,
11 1978 THE MEDICAL SCHOOL SHALL, WHEN ACCEPTING FIRST-YEAR
12 STUDENTS FOR THE NEXT TERM, SET ASIDE 10% OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
13 ADMISSIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO AGREE THAT UPON THE COMPLETION OF
14 THEIR MEDICAL TRAINING, THEY SHALL ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF
15 MEDICINE FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS IN AN AREA TERMED MEDICALLY
16 DEPRIVED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
17 Section 2. Payments to the Philadelphia College of
18 Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on account of
1 the appropriation for instruction in the Doctor of Osteopathy
2 program as provided in section 1 shall be made on the basis of
3 full-time student enrollment at the rate of $4,400 per student.
4 SECTION 3. THE COLLEGE SHALL, UPON ADMITTING A FIRST-YEAR <--
5 CLASS, ADMIT AS MANY STUDENTS IN THAT CLASS AS CAN BE
6 ACCOMMODATED BY THE FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOL.
7 Section 3 4. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic <--
8 Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shall provide such
9 information AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF <--
10 THIS ACT and in such form and manner as the Department of
11 Education may prescribe. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ANNUALLY REPORT TO <--
12 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SUCH DATA AS WILL SHOW THE NUMBER OF
13 STUDENTS IN EACH CLASS AND THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR THEM.
14 Section 4 5. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic <--
15 Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shall report its revenues
16 and expenditures and present its financial statements in
17 accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
18 procedures for educational institutions as set forth in the
19 "Higher Education Finance Manual of 1975" without exception.
20 Section 5 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1977. <--
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