; (ii) was a recipient of temporary protected status under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a ); or (iii) a recipient of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children”, dated June 15, 2012; and (B) served as a physician or a nurse during an emergency period resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic for a period of not less than one year, except that if the duration of such period is less than one year, the requirement under this paragraph may be fulfilled by serving the remainder of the one-year period beginning on the date that the alien began providing service during such emergency period, by serving in an area or areas designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a shortage of health care professionals. (3) The term emergency period means— (A) an emergency period as such term is defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1) ); and (B) the period during which a declaration of public health emergency made by a State is in effect.