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[CITE: 42USC285m-3]

 
                 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 13--national institute on deafness and other communication 
                                disorders
 
Sec. 285m-3. Multipurpose deafness and other communication 
        disorders center
        

(a) Development, modernization and operation; ``modernization'' defined

    The Director of the Institute shall, after consultation with the 
advisory council for the Institute, provide for the development, 
modernization, and operation (including care required for research) of 
new and existing centers for studies of disorders of hearing and other 
communication processes. For purposes of this section, the term 
``modernization'' means the alteration, remodeling, improvement, 
expansion, and repair of existing buildings and the provision of 
equipment for such buildings to the extent necessary to make them 
suitable for use as centers described in the preceding sentence.

(b) Use of facilities; qualifications

    Each center assisted under this section shall--
        (1) use the facilities of a single institution or a consortium 
    of cooperating institutions; and
        (2) meet such qualifications as may be prescribed by the 
    Secretary.

(c) Requisite programs

    Each center assisted under this section shall, at least, conduct--
        (1) basic and clinical research into the cause diagnosis, early 
    detection, prevention, control and treatment of disorders of hearing 
    and other communication processes and complications resulting from 
    such disorders, including research into rehabilitative aids, 
    implantable biomaterials, auditory speech processors, speech 
    production devices, and other otolaryngologic procedures;
        (2) training programs for physicians, scientists, and other 
    health and allied health professionals;
        (3) information and continuing education programs for physicians 
    and other health and allied health professionals who will provide 
    care for patients with disorders of hearing or other communication 
    processes; and
        (4) programs for the dissemination to the general public of 
    information--
            (A) on the importance of early detection of disorders of 
        hearing and other communication processes, of seeking prompt 
        treatment, rehabilitation, and of following an appropriate 
        regimen; and
            (B) on the importance of avoiding exposure to noise and 
        other environmental toxic agents that may affect disorders of 
        hearing or other communication processes.

(d) Stipends

    A center may use funds provided under subsection (a) of this section 
to provide stipends for health professionals enrolled in training 
programs described in subsection (c)(2) of this section.

(e) Discretionary programs

    Each center assisted under this section may conduct programs--
        (1) to establish the effectiveness of new and improved methods 
    of detection, referral, and diagnosis of individuals at risk of 
    developing disorders of hearing or other communication processes; 
    and
        (2) to disseminate the results of research, screening, and other 
    activities, and develop means of standardizing patient data and 
    recordkeeping.

(f) Equitable geographical distribution; needs of elderly and children

    The Director of the Institute shall, to the extent practicable, 
provide for an equitable geographical distribution of centers assisted 
under this section. The Director shall give appropriate consideration to 
the need for centers especially suited to meeting the needs of the 
elderly, and of children (particularly with respect to their education 
and training), affected by disorders of hearing or other communication 
processes.

(g) Period of support; recommended extensions of peer review group

    Support of a center under this section may be for a period not to 
exceed seven years. Such period may be extended by the Director of the 
Institute for one or more additional periods of not more than five years 
if the operations of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate 
technical and scientific peer review group established by the Director, 
with the advice of the Institute's advisory council, if such group has 
recommended to the Director that such period should be extended.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 464C, as added Pub. L. 100-553, 
Sec. 2(4), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2771, and Pub. L. 100-607, title I, 
Sec. 101(4), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3050; amended Pub. L. 100-690, 
title II, Sec. 2613(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4238.)

                          Codification

    Pub. L. 100-553 and Pub. L. 100-607 contained identical provisions 
enacting this section. See 1988 Amendment note below.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-690 amended this section to read as if the 
amendments made by Pub. L. 100-607, which enacted this section, had not 
been enacted. See Codification note above.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 100-690, see section 
2613(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100-690, set out as an Effect of Enactment of 
Similar Provisions note under section 285m of this title.
