Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§295m Prohibition against discrimination on basis of sex

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION › Part Part G— - General Provisions › § 295m

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary cannot give a grant, loan guarantee, interest subsidy, or enter into a contract with certain health and related professional schools unless the school gives a satisfactory written promise that it will not discriminate based on sex when admitting students. This rule covers schools like medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, allied health training centers, and graduate programs in clinical psychology. A note applies to any medical school that, on October 13, 1992, was changing from admitting only women to admitting people of any sex and was doing that under a plan the Secretary approved.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §295m

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The Secretary may not make a grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy payment under this subchapter to, or for the benefit of, any school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, or public health or any training center for allied health personnel, or graduate program in clinical psychology, unless the application for the grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy payment contains assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the school or training center will not discriminate on the basis of sex in the admission of individuals to its training programs. The Secretary may not enter into a contract under this subchapter with any such school or training center unless the school, training center, or graduate program furnishes assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that it will not discriminate on the basis of sex in the admission of individuals to its training programs. In the case of a school of medicine which—
(1)on October 13, 1992, is in the process of changing its status as an institution which admits only female students to that of an institution which admits students without regard to their sex, and
(2)is carrying out such change in accordance with a plan approved by the Secretary,

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 794 of act
July 1, 1944, was classified to section 295h–2 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 102–408. Another prior section 794 of act
July 1, 1944, was classified to section 294h–3 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–519.

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42 U.S.C. § 295m

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73