---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 285a–5"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "285a–5"
heading: "Associate Director for Prevention; appointment; function"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/285a-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter III — National Research Institutes"
  - "Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes"
  - "Subpart 1 — national cancer institute"
---

# §285a–5. Associate Director for Prevention; appointment; function

- (a) There shall be in the Institute an Associate [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) for Prevention to coordinate and promote the [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) in the Institute concerning the prevention of cancer. The Associate [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) shall be appointed by the [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) of the Institute from individuals who because of their professional training or experience are experts in public health or preventive medicine.
- (b) The Associate [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) for Prevention shall prepare for inclusion in the biennial report made under [section 284b](/usc/42/284b.md)[^1] of this title a description of the prevention activities of the Institute, including a description of the staff and resources allocated to those activities.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 416, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 836.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 284b of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by Pub. L. 109–482, title I, § 104(b)(1)(C), Jan. 15, 2007, 120 Stat. 3693.