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Code · U.S. Code · Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · CHAPTER 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE · Part 2— National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program · § 300aa–27

§ 300aa–27. Mandate for safer childhood vaccines

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In the administration of this part and other pertinent laws under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary shall— promote the development of childhood vaccines that result in fewer and less serious adverse reactions than those vaccines on the market on December 22, 1987 , and promote the refinement of such vaccines, and make or assure improvements in, and otherwise use the authorities of the Secretary with respect to, the licensing, manufacturing, processing, testing, labeling, warning, use instructions, distribution, storage, administration, field surveillance, adverse reaction reporting, and recall of reactogenic lots or batches, of vaccines, and research on vaccines, in order to reduce the risks of adverse reactions to vaccines.
The Secretary shall establish a task force on safer childhood vaccines which shall consist of the Director of the National Institutes of Health, the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control. The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall serve as chairman of the task force. In consultation with the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines, the task force shall prepare recommendations to the Secretary concerning implementation of the requirements of subsection (a).
Within 2 years after December 22, 1987 , and periodically thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and transmit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate a report describing the actions taken pursuant to subsection
(a)during the preceding 2-year period. ( July 1, 1944, ch. 373 , title XXI, § 2127, as added Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a) , Nov. 14, 1986 , 100 Stat. 3777 ; amended Pub. L. 100–203, title IV, § 4302(b)(1) , Dec. 22, 1987 , 101 Stat. 1330–221 ; Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, § 6601(q) , Dec. 19, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2292 .)
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  • Pub. L. 99-660
  • 100 Stat. 3777
  • Pub. L. 100-203
  • 101 Stat. 1330
  • Pub. L. 101-239
  • 103 Stat. 2292
  • Pub. L. 104-14
  • Pub. L. 102-531
  • 106 Stat. 3504
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§ 300aa–27
Mandate for safer childhood vaccines
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 99-660
Stat.100 Stat. 3777
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100-203
Stat.101 Stat. 1330
Pub. L.Pub. L. 101-239
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