Authorizing Legislation

Attachment 1: Authorizing Legislation

[Public Health Service Act (41USC 241) Section 301]

Attachment 1: Authorizing Legislation [Public Health Service Act (41USC 241) Section 301]

TITLE III --GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Part A – Research and Investigation

In General

Sec.301. [241] (a) The Secretary shall conduct in the Service, and encourage, cooperate with, and render assistance to other appropriate public authorities, scientific institutions, and scientists, in the conduct of, and promote the coordination of, research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and diseases and impairments of man, including water purification, sewage treatment, and pollution of lakes and streams. In carrying out the foregoing the Secretary is authorized to---

(1)collect and make available through publications and other appropriate means, information as to, and the practical application of, such research and activities;

(2)make available research facilities of the Service to appropriate public authorities, and to health officials and scientists engaged in special study;

(3)make grants-in-aid to universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other public and private institutions, and to individuals for such research projects as are recommended by the advisory council to the entity of the Department supporting such projects and make, upon recommendation of the advisory council to the appropriate entity of the Department, grants-in-aid to public or nonprofit universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other institutions for the general support of their research;

(4)secure from time to time and for such periods as he deems advisable, the assistance and advice of experts, scholars, and consultants from the United States or abroad;

(5)for purposes of study, admit and treat at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service, person not otherwise eligible for such treatment:

(6)make available, to health officials, scientists, and appropriate public and other nonprofit institutions and organizations, technical advice and assistance on the application of statistical methods to experiments, studies, and surveys in health and medical fields;

(7)enter into contracts, including contracts for research in accordance with and subject to the provisions of law applicable to contracts entered into by the military departments under Title 10, United States Code, sections 2353 and 2354, except that determination, approval, and certification required thereby shall be by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.