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§286b–1. Definitions — Inbound Citations

42 U.S.C. § 286b–1

Cited by 16 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to §286b–1(1)

  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–2(a)
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    (a) The Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine shall also serve as the National Medical Libraries Assistance Advisory Board (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the “Board”).
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–3(1)
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    (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;
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–3(4)
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    (4) to assist in the establishment of internship programs in established medical libraries meeting standards which the Secretary shall prescribe.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–4(b)
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    (b) 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.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–5(a)
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    (a) The Secretary shall make grants of money, materials, or both, to public or private nonprofit medical libraries and related scientific communication instrumentalities for the purpose of establishing, expanding, and improving their basic medical library or related resources. A grant under this subsection may be used for—
    (1) the acquisition of books, journals, photographs, motion picture and other films, and other similar materials;
    (2) cataloging, binding, and other services and procedures for processing library resource materials for use by those who are served by the library or related instrumentality;
    (3) the acquisition of duplication devices, facsimile equipment, film projectors, recording equipment, and other equipment to facilitate the use of the resources of the library or related instrumentality by those who are served by it; and
    (4) the introduction of new technologies in medical librarianship.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–5(b)(1)
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    (1) The amount of any grant under this section to any medical library or related instrumentality shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the scope of library or related services provided by such library or instrumentality in relation to the population and purposes served by it. In making a determination of the scope of services served by any medical library or related instrumentality, the Secretary shall take into account—
    (A) the number of graduate and undergraduate students making use of the resources of such library or instrumentality;
    (B) the number of physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health utilizing the resources of such library or instrumentality;
    (C) the type of supportive staffs, if any, available to such library or instrumentality;
    (D) the type, size, and qualifications of the faculty of any school with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated;
    (E) the staff of any hospital or hospitals or of any clinic or clinics with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated; and
    (F) the geographic area served by such library or instrumentality and the availability within such area of medical library or related services provided by other libraries or related instrumentalities.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–5(b)(1)(F)
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    (F) the geographic area served by such library or instrumentality and the availability within such area of medical library or related services provided by other libraries or related instrumentalities.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–5(b)(2)
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    (2) Grants to such medical libraries or related instrumentalities under this section shall be in such amounts as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe with a view to assuring adequate continuing financial support for such libraries or instrumentalities from other sources during and after the period for which grants are provided, except that in no case shall any grant under this section to a medical library or related instrumentality for any fiscal year exceed $1,000,000.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–6(a)
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    (a) The Secretary, with the advice of the Board, shall make grants to and enter into contracts with existing public or private nonprofit medical libraries so as to enable each of them to serve as the regional medical library for the geographical area in which it is located.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–6(c)(1)
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    (1) Grants and contracts under this section shall only be made to or entered into with medical libraries which agree—
    (A) to modify and increase their library resources, and to supplement the resources of cooperating libraries in the region, so as to be able to provide adequate supportive services to all libraries in the region as well as to individual users of library services; and
    (B) to provide free loan services to qualified users and make available photoduplicated or facsimile copies of biomedical materials which qualified requesters may retain.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–6(c)(2)
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    (2) The Secretary, in awarding grants and contracts under this section, shall give priority to medical libraries having the greatest potential of fulfilling the needs for regional medical libraries. In determining the priority to be assigned to any medical library, the Secretary shall consider—
    (A) the adequacy of the library (in terms of collections, personnel, equipment, and other facilities) as a basis for a regional medical library; and
    (B) the size and nature of the population to be served in the region in which the library is located.
  • 42 U.S.C. § 286b–6(c)(2)(A)
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    (A) the adequacy of the library (in terms of collections, personnel, equipment, and other facilities) as a basis for a regional medical library; and

Citations to §286b–1(2)