Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 79.djvu/967

 79 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 89-239-OCT. 6, 1965

except to the extent it is, as determined in accordance with regulations, incident to those research, training, or demonstration activities which are encompassed by the purposes of this title. No patient shall be furnished hospital, medical, or other care at any facility incident to research, training, or demonstration activities carried out with funds appropriated pursuant to this title, unless he has been referred to such facility by a practicing physician. "DEFINITIONS

"SEC. 902. For the purposes of this title— " (a) The term 'regional medical program' means a cooperative arrangement among a group of public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies engaged in research, training, diagnosis, and treatment relating to heart disease, cancer, or stroke, and, at the option of the applicant, related disease or diseases; but only if such group— "(1) is situated within a geographic area, composed of any part or parts of any one or more States, which the Surgeon General determines, in accordance with regulations, to be appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this title; "(2) consists of one or more medical centers, one or more clinical research centers, and one or more hospitals; and "(3) has in effect cooperative arrangements among its component units which the Surgeon General finds will be adequate for effectively carrying out the purposes of this title. "(b) The term 'medical center' means a medical school or other medical institution involved in postgraduate medical training and one or more hospitals affiliated therewith for teaching, research, and demonstration purposes. "(c) The term 'clinical research center' means an institution (or part of an institution) the primary function of which is research, training of specialists, and demonstrations and which, in connection therewith, provides specialized, high-quality diagnostic and treatment services for inpatients and outpatients. " (d) The term 'hospital' means a hospital as defined in section 625(c) or other health facility in which local capability for diagnosis and treatment is supported and augmented by the program established under this title. "(e) The term 'nonprofit' as applied to any institution or agency means an institution or agency which is owned and operated by one or more nonprofit corporations or associations no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. " (f) The term 'construction' includes alteration, major repair (to the extent permitted by regulations), remodeling and renovation of existing buildings (including initial equipment thereof), and replacement of obsolete, built-in (as determined in accordance with regulations) equipment of existing buildings. "GRANTS FOR PLANNING

"SEC. 903. (a) The Surgeon General, upon the recommendation of the National Advisory Council on Regional Medical Programs estalDlished by section 905 (hereafter in this title referred to as the 'Council'), is authorized to make grants to public or nonprofit private universities, medical schools, research institutions, and other public or nonprofit private agencies and institutions to assist them in planning the development of regional medical programs.

927

�