42 USC 286b-4 - Assistance for projects in sciences related to health, for research and development in medical library science, and for development of education technologies

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§ 286b–4.

Assistance for projects in sciences related to health, for research and development in medical library science, and for development of education technologies

(a)

Compilation of existing and original writings on health

(b)

Medical library science and related activities

(c)

Development of education technologies

(1)

The Secretary shall make grants to public or nonprofit private institutions for the purpose of carrying out projects of research on, and development and demonstration of, new education technologies.

(2)

The purposes for which a grant under paragraph (1) may be made include projects concerning—

(A)

computer-assisted teaching and testing of clinical competence at health professions and research institutions;

(B)

the effective transfer of new information from research laboratories to appropriate clinical applications;

(C)

the expansion of the laboratory and clinical uses of computer-stored research databases; and

(D)

the testing of new technologies for training health care professionals.

(3)

The Secretary may not make a grant under paragraph (1) unless the applicant for the grant agrees to make the projects available with respect to—

(A)

assisting in the training of health professions students; and

(B)

enhancing and improving the capabilities of health professionals regarding research and teaching.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 473, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 861; amended Pub. L. 103–43, title XIV, § 1411, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 171.)

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