Training and Research in Urology Act of 2002

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Training and Research in Urology Act of 2002 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish a Division Director for Urologic Diseases in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (the "Institute"). Requires the Director of the Institute (the "Director") to give particular attention to supporting research and training programs geared to the needs of urology residents and fellows. Directs the Director to submit to Congress a national urologic research plan, and to review such plan every three years. Requires the Director to establish a National Urologic Diseases Data System for collecting and disseminating data from patients with urologic diseases and a National Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance knowledge and understanding of urologic diseases. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to form a Urologic Diseases Interagency Coordinating Committee to further urology research, and a National Urologic Diseases Advisory Board. Directs that of the centers developed for research in kidney and urologic diseases under the Act, at least 15 shall focus exclusively on urologic diseases. Establishes within the advisory council for the Institute a subcommittee on urologic diseases. Directs the Secretary to establish a loan repayment program for urology research, with certain provisions of the Act to apply to the new program as such provisions apply to the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 26 September 2002

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