§7486 Academy of Health Sciences: admission of civilians in physician assistant training program

Summary

The Secretary of the Army can make an agreement with an accredited college so the college’s students may take the classroom part of the Army’s physician assistant training at the Academy of Health Sciences at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and so the college can provide academic support to that program. The agreement must have the college give those academic services in return. The Secretary and the college will set who may attend, and those qualifications must match the Academy’s normal admission standards. Unless the Secretary says otherwise, civilian students must follow the same attendance, discipline, and dismissal rules as other Academy students. The Secretary must also ensure the Army does not pay more than it would for similar services and that allowing civilians does not cut the number of military members in the program.