Annual report of Surgeon General. Service and supply fund; uses; reimbursement. SUBCHAPTER II.-GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES Research and investigations generally. 241. 242. Studies and investigations of use of narcotic drugs; cooperation with States. 242a. Mental health; instruction and training of persons and public and nonprofit organizations. 242b. Mental health study; grants for special projects. (a) Conditions; definition. (b) Appropriations; terms of grant. (c) Availability of amounts otherwise appro- 242c. National health surveys and studies. (a) Determination of extent of illness and disability and related information; development and test of methods for obtaining current data. (b) Publication of results. (c) Authorization of appropriations. (d) Cooperation with other Governmental or State agencies. 242d. Graduate or specialized training for physicians, engineers, nurses, and other professional personnel. (a) Appropriations. (b) Awards of traineeships to individuals or institutions. (c) Payments; time; conditions; limitations. (d) Advisory committee; composition and functions; compensation and travel expenses. (e) Conference; representatives; appraisal of traineeships; report and recommenda tions. (f) Supervision of personnel or curriculum. 242e. Training of nursing teachers or supervisors. (a) Appropriations. (b) Awards of traineeships to institutions. (b) Payments; methods; conditions; local collection of fees for services. (c) Reduction of grants commensurate to expense of detail of Public Health Service officer or employee to agency. 247b. Grants for intensive vaccination programs. (a) Authorization of appropriations; programs against poliomyelitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus. (b) "Intensive community vaccination program", defined; persons objecting to immunization. (c) Method of payment; assurances of furnishing vaccines to private physicians and other necessary services and materials. (d) Reduction of grant; use of amount grant reduced by. (e) Other programs. 247c. Grants for assisting in the areawide planning of health and related facilities. 248. 249. Control and management of hospitals; furnishing prosthetic and orthopedic devices; transfer of patients; disposal of articles produced by patients; disposal of money and effects of deceased patients; payment of burial expenses. Medical care and treatment of seamen and certain other persons; foreign seamen; certain quarantined persons; temporary treatment in emergency cases; authorization for outside treatment. Medical care and treatment of Federal prisoners. Medical examination and treatment of Federal employees. 252. Medical examination of allens. (d) Availability of allotments in subsequent years. (e) Transfer of funds; lack of an approvable project; need for construction greater than need for modernization; maximum amounts. (f) Request by State to transfer portion of allotments. 291c. General regulations. (a) Priority of projects; determination. (e) State plan requirements; assurances neces- 291d. State plans. (a) Submission; requirements. (b) Approval by Surgeon General; hearing after disapproval. 291e. Projects for construction or modernization. (a) Application; contents. (b) Approval by Surgeon General; requisites; additional approval by Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. (c) Opportunity for hearing prior to disapproval. (d) Amendments subject to same approval as original applications. (e) Diagnostic or treatment centers; requirements of applicants. 291f. Payments for construction or modernization. (a) Certification of work by Surgeon General; conditions affecting payments. (b) Additional payments in case of amended applications. (c) Administration expenses; use of portion of allotments to defray; manner of payment. 291g. Withholding of payments; noncompliance with requirements. 291h. Judicial review. (a) Refusal to approve application; procedure; jurisdiction of court of appeals. (b) Conclusiveness of Surgeon General's findings; remand; new or modified findings. (c) Review by Supreme Court; stay of Surgeon General's action. 2911. Recovery of expenditures under certain conditions; no lien prior to judgment. sciences. 289f. Establishment of advisory councils. (a) Authority of Surgeon General. (b) Composition; terms of office; reappointment of members; qualifications. 291j. Loans. (c) Duties, functions, and powers. 289g. Research; training and instruction. 289h. Preservation of existing authority. (a) Authorization; conditions. (b) Approval; payments to applicants. (c) Terms. (d) Funds; miscellaneous receipts. PART B.-GENERAL PROVISIONS 291k. Federal Hospital Council. (a) Membership; qualifications. (c) Meetings; annual or by call of Surgeon (d) Advisory or technical committees. 2911. Conference of State Agencies. 2910. Definitions. 291p.-291z. Omitted. 293b. Authorization of appropriations. (a) Submission to Surgeon General. (c) Approval by Surgeon General; advice of Council. (d) Matter considered. Amount of grant. (a) Maximum payments. (b) Reservation of amount of grants; manner of payments. (c) Exclusion of amounts granted by certain other funds. 293c. Recapture of payments. 294. 294a. PART C.-STUDENT LOANS Loan agreements for establishment of student loan funds. (a) Authority of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. (b) Terms and conditions. Loan provisions. (a) Academic year limitation; preferences. (b) School determination of terms and conditions; needy students eligible. (c) Repayment in periodic installments; acceleration; commencement and duration of period; exclusions from period. (d) Cancellation of liability for repayment. (e) Interest; payment period; rate; "going Federal rate" defined. 295b. (a) Approval by Surgeon General. (b) Matters considered. Amount of grants. (a) Maximum payments. (b) Advances or reimbursement; installments; conditions. (c) Nonduplication of grants. Recovery of expenditures under certain conditions. Noninterference with administration of institutions. 295e. Definitions. SUBCHAPTER VI.-NURSE TRAINING PART A. GRANTS FOR EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF 296. NURSE TRAINING Authorization of appropriations for contruction grants. 296a. Approval of applications for construction grants; time of submission; determinations; considerations. 296b. Amount of construction grant; determination; reservation of funds; payments. 296c. Recovery of payments. 296d. Improvement in nurse training. (a) Authorization of appropriations. (b) Approval of application; considerations. (c) Limitations on grants. 296e. Partial reimbursement to diploma schools. (a) Authorization of appropriations. (b) Payments; amounts. (c) Federally-sponsored student; determination of enrollment. PART B.-ASSISTANCE TO NURSING STUDENTS 297. Traineeships for advanced training of professionals. (a) Authorization of appropriations. (b) Award through grants to public or non profit private institutions. (c) Payments; limitations. 297a. Loan agreements; student loan fund; provisions of agreements. 297b. Loan provisions. (a) Maximum amount per individual per year; preference to first year students. (b) Terms and conditions. (c) Cancellation. (d) Installments. (e) Availability to eligible students in need. 297c. Authorization of appropriations for loans. 297d. Allotments and payments of Federal capital contributions. 297e. Distribution of assets from loan funds. 2971. Loans to schools. (a) Application; need; interest rate. (b) Authorization of appropriations. (c) Maturity period; maximum term. 297g. Modification of agreements or loans; compromise, waiver or release. § 201. Definitions. When used in this chapter (a) The term "Service" means the Public Health Service; (b) The term "Surgeon General" means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service; (c) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; (d) The term "regulations", except when otherwise specified, means rules and regulations made by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary; (e) The term "executive department" means any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States; (f) The term "State" means a State or the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands, except that as used in section 264 (d) of this title such term means a State or the District of Columbia; (g) The term "possession" includes, among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; (h) The term "seamen" includes any person employed on board in the care, preservation, or navigation of any vessel, or in the service, on board, of those engaged in such care, preservation, or navigation; (i) The term "vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, exclusive of aircraft and amphibious contrivances; (j) The term "habit-forming narcotic drug" or "narcotic" means opium and coca leaves and the several alkaloids derived therefrom, the best known of these alkaloids being morphia, heroin, and codeine, obtained from opium, and cocaine derived from the coca plant; all compounds, salts, preparations, or other derivatives obtained either from the raw material or from the various alkaloids; Indian hemp and its various derivatives, compounds, and preparations, and peyote in its various forms; isonipecaine and its derivatives, compounds, salts, and preparations; opiates (as defined in section 3228 (f) of Title 26); (k) The term "addict" means any person who habitually uses any habit-forming narcotic drugs so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is or has been so far addicted to the use of such habit-forming narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction; (1) The term "psychiatric disorders" includes diseases of the nervous system which affect mental health; (m) The term "State mental health authority" means the State health authority, except that, in the case of any State in which there is a single State agency, other than the State health authority, charged with responsibility for administering the mental health program of the State, it means such other State agency; (n) The term "heart diseases" means diseases of the heart and circulation; (0) The term "dental diseases and conditions" means diseases and conditions affecting teeth and their supporting structures, and other related diseases of the mouth; and (p) The term "uniformed service" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or Coast and Geodetic Survey. (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title I, § 2, 58 Stat. 682; July 3, 1946, ch. 538, § 3, 60 Stat. 421; Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 1, 62 Stat. 38; June 16, 1948, ch. 481, § 6 (a), 62 Stat. 469; June 24, 1948, ch. 621, § 6 (a), 62 Stat. 601; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631; June 25, 1959, Pub. L. 86– 70 § 31(a), 73 Stat. 148; Apr. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-415, § 5(a), 74 Stat. 34; July 12, 1960, Pub. L. 86-624, § 29 (a), 74 Stat. 419.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 3228 (f) of Title 26, referred to in subsec. (j), which was a reference to section 3228 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code, 1939, was repealed by section 7851 of Title 26, I. R. C. 1954, and is now covered by section 4731 of said Title 26. For provision deeming a reference in other laws to a provision of I. R. C. 1939, also as a reference to corresponding provision of I. R. C. 1954, see section 7852 (b) of said Title 26. AMENDMENTS 1960 Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 86–624 eliminated "Hawaii." preceding "Puerto Rico." Subsec. (p). Pub. L. 86-415 added subsec. (p). 1959-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 86-70 eliminated "Alaska," following "Hawaii," and substituted "or the District of Columbia" for ", the District of Columbia, or Alaska". 1948 Subsec. (j). Act Feb. 28, 1948, added "isonipecaine and its * ** of Title 26". Subsec. (n). Act June 16, 1948, added subsec. (n) which defines "heart disease". Subsec. (o). Act June 24, 1948, added subsec. (o) to define "dental diseases and conditions". 1946-Subsecs. (1), (m). Act July 3, 1946, added subsecs. (m) and (n). EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1960 AMENDMENT Amendment of subsec. (f) of this section by Pub. L. 86-624 effective on Aug. 21, 1959, see section 47(f) of Pub. L. 86-624, set out as a note under section 645 of Title 20, Education. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1959 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by Pub. L. 86-70 effective on January 3, 1959, see section 47(d) of Pub. L. 86-70, set out as a note under section 151 of Title 20, Education. SHORT TITLE OF 1960 AMENDMENTS Section 1 of Pub. L. 86-415 provided that Pub. L. 86– 415, which amended this section and sections 209, 210, 211, 212, 253 and 415 of this title and section 2251 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 209 and 212 of this title and section 2253 of Title 5, may be cited as the "Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Personnel Act of 1960." SHORT TITLE OF 1946 AMENDMENTS Section 1 of act July 3, 1946, provided that such act, which is classified to sections 201, 209, 210, 215, 218, 219, 232, 241, 242a, 244 and 246 of this title, shall be popularly known as the "National Mental Health Act". SHORT TITLE Section 1 of act July 1, 1944, as amended by acts Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 4, 60 Stat. 1049; July 30, 1956, ch. 779, |