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[CITE: 42USC286a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                  Part D--National Library of Medicine
 
                      subpart 1--general provisions
 
Sec. 286a. Board of Regents


(a) Membership; ex officio members

    (1)(A) The Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine 
consists of ex officio members and ten members appointed by the 
Secretary.
    (B) The ex officio members are the Surgeons General of the Public 
Health Service, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, the Under 
Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Dean of 
the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, the Assistant 
Director for Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences of the National 
Science Foundation, the Director of the National Agricultural Library, 
and the Librarian of Congress (or their designees).
    (C) The appointed members shall be selected from among leaders in 
the various fields of the fundamental sciences, medicine, dentistry, 
public health, hospital administration, pharmacology, health 
communications technology, or scientific or medical library work, or in 
public affairs. At least six of the appointed members shall be selected 
from among leaders in the fields of medical, dental, or public health 
research or education.
    (2) The Board shall annually elect one of the appointed members to 
serve as chairman until the next election. The Secretary shall designate 
a member of the Library staff to act as executive secretary of the 
Board.

(b) Recommendations on matters of policy; recommendations included in 
        annual report; use of services of members by Secretary

    The Board shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to 
the Secretary on matters of policy in regard to the Library, including 
such matters as the acquisition of materials for the Library, the scope, 
content, and organization of the Library's services, and the rules under 
which its materials, publications, facilities, and services shall be 
made available to various kinds of users. The Secretary shall include in 
the annual report of the Secretary to the Congress a statement covering 
the recommendations made by the Board and the disposition thereof. The 
Secretary may use the services of any member of the Board in connection 
with matters related to the work of the Library, for such periods, in 
addition to conference periods, as the Secretary may determine.

(c) Term of office; vacancy; reappointment

    Each appointed member of the Board shall hold office for a term of 
four years, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring 
prior to the expiration of the term for which the predecessor of such 
member was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. 
None of the appointed members shall be eligible for reappointment within 
one year after the end of the preceding term of such member.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 466, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 859; amended Pub. L. 102-405, title III, 
Sec. 302(e)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1985; Pub. L. 103-43, title XX, 
Sec. 2008(b)(11), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 211.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103-43 substituted ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs'' for ``Veterans' Administration''.
    1992--Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 102-405 substituted ``Under 
Secretary for Health'' for ``Chief Medical Director''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 286 of this title.
