42 U.S.C. § 285 — Purpose of Institute

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 99-158 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 58 words · no verdicts yet

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This section states the National Cancer Institute's general purpose. The Institute conducts and supports research, training, and health-information programs about cancer's cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. It also covers cancer rehabilitation and ongoing care for cancer patients and their families.

The general purpose of the National Cancer Institute — called "the Institute" in this subpart — is to conduct and support research, training, health-information sharing, and other programs. These programs cover the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, helping patients recover and rehabilitate from cancer, and the continuing care of both cancer patients and their families.

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The general purpose of the National Cancer 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 the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 410, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 832; amended Pub. L. 100–607, title I, § 121, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3054.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 99-158 · 99 Stat. 832
1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-607 · 102 Stat. 3054

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