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Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§295m Prohibition Against Discrimination on Basis of Sex

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary cannot give grants, loan guarantees, interest subsidy payments, or contracts under this program to health-related schools or training centers unless the school’s application promises, in a way the Secretary accepts, that it will not refuse students because of their sex. This applies to schools and programs like medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy, podiatry, public health, allied health training centers, and clinical psychology graduate programs. For a medical school that on October 13, 1992 was changing from admitting only women to admitting all sexes under a Secretary-approved plan, the no-sex-discrimination rule only applies to funding for fiscal years starting after June 30, 1979.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §295m

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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,
the provisions of the preceding sentences of this section shall apply only with respect to a grant, contract, loan guarantee, or interest subsidy to, or for the benefit of such a school for a fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1979.

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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 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110