---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 280k–1"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "280k–1"
heading: "Research-based dental caries disease management"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/280k-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties"
  - "Part T — Oral Healthcare Prevention Activities"
---

# §280k–1. Research-based dental caries disease management

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c), acting through the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award demonstration grants to eligible entities to demonstrate the effectiveness of research-based dental caries disease management activities.
- (b) **Eligibility—** To be eligible for a grant under this section, an entity shall—
  - (1) be a community-based [provider](/usc/42/299b–21.md?p=8) of dental [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) (as defined by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c)), including a Federally-qualified health center, a clinic of a [hospital](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=1) owned or operated by a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) (or by an instrumentality or a unit of government within a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f)), a [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) or local department of health, a dental [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) of the Indian Health [Service](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), an Indian tribe or tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization (as such terms are defined in [section 1603 of title 25](/usc/25/1603.md)), a health system [provider](/usc/42/299b–21.md?p=8), a private [provider](/usc/42/299b–21.md?p=8) of dental [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a), medical, dental, public health, nursing, nutrition educational institutions, or national organizations involved in improving children’s oral health; and
  - (2) submit to the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may require.
- (c) **Use of funds—** A grantee shall use amounts received under a grant under this section to demonstrate the effectiveness of research-based dental caries disease management activities.
- (d) **Use of information—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall, as practicable and appropriate, utilize information generated from grantees under this section in planning and implementing the oral health education campaign and action for dental health [program](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) under [section 280k of this title](/usc/42/280k.md).

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 399LL–1, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title IV, § 4102(a), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 551; amended Pub. L. 115–302, § 2(b), Dec. 11, 2018, 132 Stat. 4397.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–302 substituted “shall, as practicable and appropriate,” for “shall” and “oral health education campaign and action for dental health program” for “public education campaign”.