42 U.S.C. § 280h–3 — Health professional education and training

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 106-310 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 146 words · no verdicts yet

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The CDC must train health professionals to spot and treat obesity and eating disorders. Training covers identifying at-risk patients, counseling and treatment, and educating families. Congress authorized funding for fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

(a) In general. The Secretary, through CDC, working with HRSA and other agencies and consulting health professional groups, must build a training program to help health professionals (1) better identify and assess patients who have, or are at risk of, obesity or an eating disorder; (2) counsel, refer, or treat those patients; and (3) teach patients and families strategies for better diet and exercise habits. (b) Authorization of appropriations. Congress authorized whatever funding was needed for fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

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(a) In general

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the heads of other agencies, and in consultation with appropriate health professional associations, shall develop and carry out a program to educate and train health professionals in effective strategies to—

(1)

better identify and assess patients with obesity or an eating disorder or patients at-risk of becoming obese or developing an eating disorder;

(2)

counsel, refer, or treat patients with obesity or an eating disorder; and

(3)

educate patients and their families about effective strategies to improve dietary habits and establish appropriate levels of physical activity.

(b) Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 399Z, as added Pub. L. 106–310, div. A, title XXIV, § 2401, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1160.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 106-310 · 114 Stat. 1160

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