---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 285o–1"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "285o–1"
heading: "Associate Director for Prevention"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/285o-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter III — National Research Institutes"
  - "Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes"
  - "Subpart 15 — national institute on drug abuse"
---

# §285o–1. Associate Director for Prevention

- (a) **In general—** There shall be in the Institute an Associate [Director](/usc/42/11851.md?p=5) for Prevention who shall be responsible for the full-time coordination and promotion of the [programs](/usc/42/274l–1.md?p=4) in the Institute concerning the prevention of [drug](/usc/42/11851.md?p=4) abuse. 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 expertise are experts in [drug](/usc/42/11851.md?p=4) abuse and the prevention of such abuse.
- (b) **Report—** 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, § 464M, as added Pub. L. 102–321, title I, § 123(b), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 361.)

## 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 (b), was repealed by Pub.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.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1992, with provision for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(c), (d) of Pub. L. 102–321, set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under section 236 of this title.