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[CITE: 42USC257a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
 
             Part E--Narcotic Addicts and Other Drug Abusers
 
Sec. 257a. Medical treatment of narcotics addiction; report to 
        Congress
        
    The Secretary of Health and Human Services, after consultation with 
the Attorney General and with national organizations representative of 
persons with knowledge and experience in the treatment of narcotic 
addicts, shall determine the appropriate methods of professional 
practice in the medical treatment of the narcotic addiction of various 
classes of narcotic addicts, and shall report thereon from time to time 
to the Congress.

(Pub. L. 91-513, title I, Sec. 4, Oct. 27, 1970, 84 Stat. 1241; Pub. L. 
96-88, title V, Sec. 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the Public Health Service Act 
which comprises this chapter.

                         Change of Name

    ``Secretary of Health and Human Services'' substituted in text for 
``Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare'' pursuant to section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.
