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42 U.S. Code § 292s. Medical schools and primary health care
(a) Requirements for students
(1) In generalSubject to the provisions of this subsection, in the case of student loan funds established under section 292q of this title by schools of medicine or osteopathic medicine, each agreement entered into under such section with such a school shall provide (in addition to the provisions required in subsection (b) of such section) that the school will make a loan from such fund to a student only if the student agrees—
(A)
to enter and complete a residency training program in primary health care not later than 4 years after the date on which the student graduates from such school; and
(B)
to practice in such care for 10 years (including residency training in primary health care) or through the date on which the loan is repaid in full, whichever occurs first.
(2) Inapplicability to certain students
(A) The requirement established in paragraph (1) regarding the student loan fund of a school does not apply to a student if—
(i)
the first loan to the student from such fund is made before July 1, 1993; or
(ii) the loan is made from—
(I)
a Federal capital contribution under section 292q of this title that is made from amounts appropriated under section 292t(f) [1] of this title (in this section referred to as an “exempt Federal capital contribution”); or
(II)
a school contribution made under section 292q of this title pursuant to such a Federal capital contribution (in this section referred to as an “exempt school contribution”).
(B)
A Federal capital contribution under section 292q of this title may not be construed as being an exempt Federal capital contribution if the contribution was made from amounts appropriated before October 1, 1990. A school contribution under section 292q of this title may not be construed as being an exempt school contribution if the contribution was made pursuant to a Federal capital contribution under such section that was made from amounts appropriated before such date.
(3) Noncompliance by student
Each agreement entered into with a student pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide that, if the student fails to comply with such agreement, the loan involved will begin to accrue interest at a rate of 2 percent per year greater than the rate at which the student would pay if compliant in such year.