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PUBLIC LAW 90-174-DEC. 5, 1967

" (k) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the power of any State to enact and enforce laws relating to the matters covered by this section to the extent that such laws are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section or with the rules and regulations issued under this section. "(1) Where a State has enacted or hereafter enacts laws relating to matters covered by this section, which provide for standards equal to or more stringent than the provisions of this section or than the rules and regulations issued under this section, the Secretary may exempt clinical laboratories in that State from compliance with this section." (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall become effective on the first day of the thirteenth month after the month in which it is enacted, except that the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may postpone such effective date for such additional period as he finds necessary, but not beyond the first day of the 19th month after such month in which the amendment is enacted. (c) This section may be cited as the "Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967".

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VOLUNTEER SERVICES

SEC. 6. Title II of the Public Health Service Act is amended by adding after section 222 (42 U.S.C. 217a) the following new section: "VOLUNTEER

58 Stat. 683. 42 USC 202 et seq-

SERVICES

"SEC. 223. Subject to regulations, volunteer and uncompensated services may be accepted by the Secretary, or by any other officer or employee of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare designated by him, for use in the operation of any health care facility or in the provision of health care." COOPERATION AS TO MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES AND RESOURCES

SEC. 7. Part C of title III of the Public Health Service Act is ^ l'^^ ^l^'^, amended by adding after section 327 (42 U.S.C. 254) the following new seq. section: "SHARING OF MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES AND RESOURCES

"SEC. 328. (a) For purposes of this section— " (1) the term 'specialized health resources' means health care resources (whether equipment, space, or personnel) which, because of cost, limited availability, or unusual nature, are either unique in the health care community or are subject to maximum utilization only through mutual use; "(2) the term 'hospital', unless otherwise s]:)ecified, includes (in addition to other hospitals) any Federal hospital. "(b) For the purpose of maintaining or improving the quality of care in Public Health Service facilities and to provide a professional environment therein which will help to attract and retain highly qualified and talented health personnel, to encourage mutually beneficial relationships between Public Health Service facilities and hospitals and other health facilities in the health care community, and to promote the full utilization of hospitals and other health facilities and resources, the Secretary may— "(1) enter into agreements or arrangements with schools of medicine, and with other health schools, agencies, or institutions, for such interchange or cooperative use of facilities and services on a reciprocal or reimbursable basis, as will be of benefit to the

"Specialized health re sour ce s."

"Hospital."

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