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42 U.S.C. § 300aa–10 — Establishment of program

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 99-660 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 92 words · no verdicts yet

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This law creates the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Secretary runs it and pays compensation for vaccine-related injury or death. Attorneys must tell injured clients this program may cover them, and the Secretary must publicize it.

(a) Program established This section creates the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Secretary runs it, and it pays compensation for a vaccine-related injury or death. (b) Attorney's obligation If a lawyer is consulted by someone about a vaccine-related injury or death, the lawyer has an ethical duty to tell that person that compensation may be available under the Program for that injury or death. (c) Publicity The Secretary must make reasonable efforts to let the public know the Program is available.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Program established

There is established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program to be administered by the Secretary under which compensation may be paid for a vaccine-related injury or death.

(b) Attorney’s obligation

It shall be the ethical obligation of any attorney who is consulted by an individual with respect to a vaccine-related injury or death to advise such individual that compensation may be available under the program 1 for such injury or death.

(c) Publicity

The Secretary shall undertake reasonable efforts to inform the public of the availability of the Program.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXI, § 2110, as added Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3758; amended Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, § 6601(b), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2285.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1944Enacted · Pub. L. 99-660 · 100 Stat. 3758
  • 1989Amended · Pub. L. 101-239 · 103 Stat. 2285

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 99-660 on 1944-07-01.

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