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[CITE: 42USC286b-3]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
                  Part D--National Library of Medicine
 
                     subpart 2--financial assistance
 
Sec. 286b-3. Grants for training in medical library sciences

    The Secretary shall make grants--
        (1) to individuals to enable them to accept traineeships and 
    fellowships leading to postbaccalaureate academic degrees in the 
    field of medical library science, in related fields pertaining to 
    sciences related to health, or in the field of the communication of 
    information;
        (2) to individuals who are librarians or specialists in 
    information on sciences relating to health, to enable them to 
    undergo intensive training or retraining so as to attain greater 
    competence in their occupations (including competence in the fields 
    of automatic data processing and retrieval);
        (3) to assist appropriate public and private nonprofit 
    institutions in developing, expanding, and improving training 
    programs in library science and the field of communications of 
    information pertaining to sciences relating to health; and
        (4) to assist in the establishment of internship programs in 
    established medical libraries meeting standards which the Secretary 
    shall prescribe.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 472, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 860.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 286a-2, 286b-8 of this 
title.
