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Code · U.S. Code · Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · CHAPTER 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE · SUBCHAPTER III— NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES · § 290a

§ 290a. Victims of fire

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(a)Research on burns, burn injuries, and rehabilitation The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish, within the National Institutes of Health and in cooperation with the Administrator of FEMA, an expanded program of research on burns, treatment of burn injuries, and rehabilitation of victims of fires. The National Institutes of Health shall—
(1)sponsor and encourage the establishment throughout the Nation of twenty-five additional burn centers, which shall comprise separate hospital facilities providing specialized burn treatment and including research and teaching programs and twenty-five additional burn units, which shall comprise specialized facilities in general hospitals used only for burn victims;
(2)provide training and continuing support of specialists to staff the new burn centers and burn units;
(3)sponsor and encourage the establishment of ninety burn programs in general hospitals which comprise staffs of burn injury specialists;
(4)provide special training in emergency care for burn victims;
(5)augment sponsorship of research on burns and burn treatment;
(6)administer and support a systematic program of research concerning smoke inhalation injuries; and
(7)sponsor and support other research and training programs in the treatment and rehabilitation of burn injury victims.
(b)Authorization of appropriations For purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975 and not to exceed $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976.
(Pub. L. 93–498, § 19, Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1547; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 106–503, title I, § 110(a)(2)(B)(vii), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2302; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802(b)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2100.)
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  • Pub. L. 93–498, § 19
  • 88 Stat. 1547
  • Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b)
  • 93 Stat. 695
  • Pub. L. 106–503, title I, § 110(a)(2)(B)(vii)
  • 114 Stat. 2302
  • Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVIII, § 1802(b)(1)
  • 126 Stat. 2100
  • Pub. L. 112–239
  • Pub. L. 106–503
  • section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88
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§ 290a
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–498, § 19
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b)
Stat.93 Stat. 695
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106–503, title I, § 110(a)(2)(B)(vii)
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