2021 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service
Subchapter III - National Research Institutes
Part C - Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes
Subpart 9 - National Eye Institute
Sec. 285i - Purpose of Institute
| 42 U.S.C. § 285i (2021) |
| §285i. Purpose of Institute |
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The general purpose of the National Eye Institute (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the "Institute") is the conduct and support of research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the blind. Subject to section 285i–1 of this title, the Director of the Institute may carry out a program of grants for public and private nonprofit vision research facilities. |
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(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, §455, as added Pub. L. 99–158, §2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 856; amended Pub. L. 103–43, title XI, §1101(b), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 169.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS
1993—Pub. L. 103–43 substituted "Subject to section 285i–1 of this title, the Director" for "The Director" in second sentence. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
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| Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SUBCHAPTER III - NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES Part C - Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes subpart 9 - national eye institute Sec. 285i - Purpose of Institute |
| section 285i |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
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| standard |
| 99 Stat. 856 107 Stat. 169 |
| Public Law 99-158, Public Law 103-43 |
