Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§296g Prohibition against discrimination by schools on basis of sex
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - NURSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Part Part A— - General Provisions › § 296g
Summary
The Secretary cannot give a grant, loan guarantee, interest subsidy, or contract to a nursing school unless the school makes a promise the Secretary accepts that it will not treat people unfairly because of their sex when admitting students to its training programs.
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Title 42, §296g
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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 nursing unless the application for the grant, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy payment contains assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the school 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 school unless the school 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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 298b–2 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 105–392.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 296g, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 808, as added Aug. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90–490, title II § 212, 82 Stat. 783; amended Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92–158, § 3(a), 85 Stat. 469;
July 29, 1975, Pub. L. 94–63, title IX, § 902(c), 89 Stat. 354, authorized appropriations for special project grants and contracts and financial distress grants from the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1972 through the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1975, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–63, title IX, §§ 905, 922,
July 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 355, 359, effective
July 1, 1975. A prior section 296h, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 809, as added Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92–158, § 2(c), 85 Stat. 465, which related to loan guarantees and interest subsidies for
Construction
of training facilities by nonprofit nursing schools, was renumbered section 805 of act
July 1, 1944, by Pub. L. 94–63 and transferred to section 296d of this title. A prior section 296i, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title VIII, § 810, as added Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92–158, § 4(b), 85 Stat. 474; amended
July 29, 1975, Pub. L. 94–63, title IX, § 902(e), 89 Stat. 355, authorized grants for start-up programs for new nurse training programs, and set out prerequisites, etc., prior to repeal by Pub. L. 94–63, title IX, §§ 905, 931(b),
July 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 355, 362, effective
July 1, 1975.
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42 U.S.C. § 296g
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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