---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch6A"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 6A"
heading: "Public Health Service"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch6A"
sections_count: 1522
---

# Chapter 6A — Public Health Service

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions](/usc/42/ch6A-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties](/usc/42/ch6A-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — National Research Institutes](/usc/42/ch6A-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter III–A — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration](/usc/42/ch6A-schIII-A.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Construction and Modernization of Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities](/usc/42/ch6A-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Health Professions Education](/usc/42/ch6A-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Nursing Workforce Development](/usc/42/ch6A-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality](/usc/42/ch6A-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs](/usc/42/ch6A-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII–A — Adolescent Pregnancies](/usc/42/ch6A-schVIII-A.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Genetic Diseases, Hemophilia Programs, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome](/usc/42/ch6A-schIX.md)
- [Subchapter X — Trauma Care](/usc/42/ch6A-schX.md)
- [Subchapter XI — Health Maintenance Organizations](/usc/42/ch6A-schXI.md)
- [Subchapter XII — Safety of Public Water Systems](/usc/42/ch6A-schXII.md)
- [Subchapter XIII — Preventive Health Measures with Respect to Breast and Cervical Cancers](/usc/42/ch6A-schXIII.md)
- [Subchapter XIV — Health Resources Development](/usc/42/ch6A-schXIV.md)
- [Subchapter XV — Health Information and Health Promotion](/usc/42/ch6A-schXV.md)
- [Subchapter XVI — President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavior Research](/usc/42/ch6A-schXVI.md)
- [Subchapter XVII — Block Grants](/usc/42/ch6A-schXVII.md)
- [Subchapter XVIII — Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects](/usc/42/ch6A-schXVIII.md)
- [Subchapter XIX — Vaccines](/usc/42/ch6A-schXIX.md)
- [Subchapter XX — Requirements for Certain Group Health Plans for Certain State and Local Employees](/usc/42/ch6A-schXX.md)
- [Subchapter XXI — Research with Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXI.md)
- [Subchapter XXII — Health Services with Respect to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXII.md)
- [Subchapter XXIII — Prevention of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXIII.md)
- [Subchapter XXIV — Hiv Health Care Services Program](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXIV.md)
- [Subchapter XXV — Requirements Relating to Health Insurance Coverage](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXV.md)
- [Subchapter XXVI — National All-Hazards Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXVI.md)
- [Subchapter XXVII — Lifespan Respite Care](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXVII.md)
- [Subchapter XXVIII — Health Information Technology and Quality](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXVIII.md)
- [Subchapter XXIX — Data Collection, Analysis, and Quality](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXIX.md)
- [Subchapter XXX — Community Living Assistance Services and Supports](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXX.md)
- [Subchapter XXXI — World Trade Center Health Program](/usc/42/ch6A-schXXXI.md)