EXCEPTION FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO REQUIREMENT FOR 12 WEEKS OF BASIC TRAINING BEFORE ASSIGNMENT OUTSIDE UNITED STATES.

SEC. 511. EXCEPTION FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO REQUIREMENT FOR 12 WEEKS OF BASIC TRAINING BEFORE ASSIGNMENT OUTSIDE UNITED STATES. Section 671 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(except as provided in subsection (c))” in subsection (b) after “may not”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c)(1) A period of basic training (or equivalent training) shorter than 12 weeks may be established by the Secretary concerned 107 STAT. 1649for members of the armed forces who have been credentialed in a medical profession or occupation and are serving in a healthcare occupational specialty, as determined under regulations prescribed under paragraph (2). Any such period shall be established under regulations prescribed under paragraph (2) and may be established notwithstanding section 4(a) of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 454(a)). “(2) The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, shall prescribe regulations for the purposes of paragraph (1). The regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense shall apply uniformly to the military departments.”.