2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 43 - Department of Health and Human Services (Sections 3501 - 3527)
Subchapter I - General Provisions (Sections 3501 - 3515e)
Sec. 3505d - National Health Professional Shortage Clearinghouse
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 43 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 3505d - National Health Professional Shortage Clearinghouse |
| Contains | section 3505d |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 92-157, title II, §202, Nov. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 461; Pub. L. 96-88, title V, §509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 101-597, title IV, §401(d), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3035. |
| Statutes at Large References | 85 Stat. 461 93 Stat. 695 104 Stat. 3035 106 Stat. 1994 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 92-157, Public Law 96-88, Public Law 101-597, Public Law 102-408 |
Download PDF
There is established in the Department of Health and Human Services a National Health Professional Shortage Clearinghouse. It shall be the function of the Clearinghouse to provide information to, and maintain listings of, (1) communities and areas with health professional needs, and (2) prospective health workers interested in such opportunities.
(b) Information and listing services available without chargeInformation and listing services performed by the Clearinghouse shall be provided free of charge to all interested health professionals and to all communities and groups within the areas determined by the Secretary under section 294n(f) 1 of this title to have a shortage of and need for health professionals.
(c) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to establish, operate, and maintain the Clearinghouse created by subsection (a) of this section.
(Pub. L. 92–157, title II, §202, Nov. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 461; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, §509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 101–597, title IV, §401(d), Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3035.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 294n of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original a reference to section 741 of act July 1, 1944. Section 741 of that Act was omitted in the general revision of subchapter V of this chapter by Pub. L. 102–408, title I, §102, Oct. 13, 1992, 106 Stat. 1994. Pub. L. 102–408 enacted a new section 776 of act July 1, 1944, relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, which was classified to section 294n of this title and was subsequently renumbered section 2692 and transferred to section 300ff–111 of this title.
CHANGE OF NAME"Department of Health and Human Services" substituted for "Department of Health, Education, and Welfare" in subsec. (a) pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
AMENDMENTS1990—Pub. L. 101–597 substituted "National Health Professional Shortage Clearinghouse" for "National Health Manpower Shortage Clearinghouse" in section catchline and subsec. (a).
1 See References in Text note below.
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. The United States Government Printing Office may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the US site. Please check official sources.
