42 U.S.C. § 285e–9 — Alzheimer’s disease registry

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 99-158 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 110 words · no verdicts yet

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The Institute's Director may fund a registry tracking Alzheimer's disease cases. The registry collects data, tracks the disease's spread, and trains data collectors. Grant recipients must be medical or public health schools with a large, diverse patient base.

(a) In general: The Institute's Director may give a grant to build a registry that collects epidemiological data on Alzheimer's disease and how often it occurs in the United States, trains people to collect this data, and handles other matters related to the disease. (b) Qualifications: To qualify for this grant, an applicant must (1) be an accredited medical or public health school with expertise in collecting epidemiological data on Alzheimer's patients and in building disease registries, and (2) have access to a large patient population, including patients from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

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(a) In general

The Director of the Institute may make a grant to develop a registry for the collection of epidemiological data about Alzheimer’s disease and its incidence in the United States, to train personnel in the collection of such data, and for other matters respecting such disease.

(b) Qualifications

To qualify for a grant under subsection (a) an applicant shall—

(1)

be an accredited school of medicine or public health which has expertise in the collection of epidemiological data about individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and in the development of disease registries, and

(2)

have access to a large patient population, including a patient population representative of diverse ethnic backgrounds.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 445G, formerly Pub. L. 99–158, § 12, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 885; renumbered § 445G of act July 1, 1944, and amended Pub. L. 103–43, title VIII, § 801, June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 163.)

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1944Enacted · Pub. L. 99-158 · 99 Stat. 885
1944Amended · Pub. L. 103-43 · 107 Stat. 163

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