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[CITE: 42USC285c-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
   Part C--Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes
 
   subpart 3--national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney 
                                diseases
 
Sec. 285c-1. Data systems and information clearinghouses


(a) National Diabetes Data System and National Diabetes Clearinghouse

    The Director of the Institute shall (1) establish the National 
Diabetes Data System for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, 
and dissemination of data derived from patient populations with 
diabetes, including, where possible, data involving general populations 
for the purpose of detection of individuals with a risk of developing 
diabetes, and (2) establish the National Diabetes Information 
Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance knowledge and understanding of 
diabetes on the part of health professionals, patients, and the public 
through the effective dissemination of information.

(b) National Digestive Diseases Data System and National Digestive 
        Diseases Information Clearinghouse

    The Director of the Institute shall (1) establish the National 
Digestive Diseases Data System for the collection, storage, analysis, 
retrieval, and dissemination of data derived from patient populations 
with digestive diseases, including, where possible, data involving 
general populations for the purpose of detection of individuals with a 
risk of developing digestive diseases, and (2) establish the National 
Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance 
knowledge and understanding of digestive diseases on the part of health 
professionals, patients, and the public through the effective 
dissemination of information.

(c) National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Data System and National 
        Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse

    The Director of the Institute shall (1) establish the National 
Kidney and Urologic Diseases Data System for the collection, storage, 
analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data derived from patient 
populations with kidney and urologic diseases, including, where 
possible, data involving general populations for the purpose of 
detection of individuals with a risk of developing kidney and urologic 
diseases, and (2) establish the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases 
Information Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance knowledge and 
understanding of kidney and urologic diseases on the part of health 
professionals, patients, and the public through the effective 
dissemination of information.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 427, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 841.)
