---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7615"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7615"
heading: "Status of participants"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7615"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 76 — Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program"
  - "Subchapter II — Scholarship Program"
---

# §7615. Status of participants


Participants in the Scholarship Program shall not by reason of their participation in such program (1) be considered to be [employees](/usc/38/4303.md?p=3) of the Federal Government, or (2) be counted against any personnel ceiling affecting the [Veterans](/usc/38/101.md?p=2) Health Administration.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 100–322, title II, § 216(b), May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 522, § 4315; renumbered § 7615, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 103–446, title XII, § 1201(b)(1), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4682.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–446 substituted “Veterans Health Administration” for “Department of Medicine and Surgery”.

1991—Pub. L. 102–40 renumbered section 4315 of this title as this section.