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[CITE: 42USC286b-4]

 
                 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-4. Assistance for projects in sciences related to 
        health, for research and development in medical library science, 
        and for development of education technologies
        

(a) Compilation of existing and original writings on health

    The Secretary shall make grants to physicians and other 
practitioners in the sciences related to health, to scientists, and to 
public or nonprofit private institutions on behalf of such physicians, 
other practitioners, and scientists for the compilation of existing, or 
the writing of original, contributions relating to scientific, social, 
or cultural advancements in sciences related to health. In making such 
grants, the Secretary shall make appropriate arrangements under which 
the facilities of the Library and the facilities of libraries of public 
and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning may be made 
available in connection with the projects for which such grants are 
made.

(b) Medical library science and related activities

    The Secretary shall make grants to appropriate public or private 
nonprofit institutions and enter into contracts with appropriate 
persons, for purposes of carrying out projects of research, 
investigations, and demonstrations in the field of medical library 
science and related activities and for the development of new 
techniques, systems, and equipment, for processing, storing, retrieving, 
and distributing information pertaining to sciences related to health.

(c) Development of education technologies

    (1) The Secretary shall make grants to public or nonprofit private 
institutions for the purpose of carrying out projects of research on, 
and development and demonstration of, new education technologies.
    (2) The purposes for which a grant under paragraph (1) may be made 
include projects concerning--
        (A) computer-assisted teaching and testing of clinical 
    competence at health professions and research institutions;
        (B) the effective transfer of new information from research 
    laboratories to appropriate clinical applications;
        (C) the expansion of the laboratory and clinical uses of 
    computer-stored research databases; and
        (D) the testing of new technologies for training health care 
    professionals.

    (3) The Secretary may not make a grant under paragraph (1) unless 
the applicant for the grant agrees to make the projects available with 
respect to--
        (A) assisting in the training of health professions students; 
    and
        (B) enhancing and improving the capabilities of health 
    professionals regarding research and teaching.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 473, as added Pub. L. 99-158, 
Sec. 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 861; amended Pub. L. 103-43, title XIV, 
Sec. 1411, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 171.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-43 added subsec. (c).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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