Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 89.djvu/427

 PUBLIC LAW 94-63—JULY 29, 1975

89 STAT. 367

(G) by redesignating subclauses (A) and (B) of such paragraph (6) as subclauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and (H) by redesignating clauses (1) and (2) of paragraph (9) (as so redesignated) as clauses (A) and (B), respectively. (4) Part C is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: DELEGATTON" ((.

"SEC. 856. The Secretary may delegate the authority to administer 42 USC 298b-3. any program authorized by this title to the administrator of a central or regional office or offices in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, except that the authority— "(1) to review, and prepare comments on the merit of, any application for a grant or contract under any program authorized by this title for purposes of presenting such application to the National Advisory Council on Nurse Training, or "(2) to make such a grant or enter into such a contract, shall not be further delegated to any administrator of, or officer in, any regional office or offices in the Department.". EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 942. The amendments made by section 941 shall take effect Ante, p. 363. July 1, 1975. Except as otherwise specifically provided, the amend- 42 USC 29a ments made by section 941 to provisions of title VIII of the Act are °°*^made to such provisions as in effect July 1, 1975, and as amended by part B of this title. ^^te, p. 355. PART D—MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION RESPECTING THE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION OF AND REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSES

SEC. 951. (a)(1) Using procedures developed in accordance with 42 USC 296note, paragraph (3), the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall determine on a continuin^'g basis— (A) the supply (both current and projected and within the United States and within each State) of registered nurses, licensed practical and vocational nurses, nurse's aides, registered nurses with advanced training or graduate degrees, and nurse practitioners; (B) the distribution, within the United States and within each State, of such nurses so as to determine (i) those areas of the United States which are oversupplied or undersupplied, or which have an adequate supply of such nurses in relation to the population of the area, and (ii) the demand for the services which such nurses provide; and (C) the current and future requirements for such nurses, nationally and within each State. (2) The Secretary shall survey and gather data, on a continuing Survey, basis, on— (A) the number and distribution of nurses, by type of employment and location of practice; (B) the number of nurses who are practicing full time and those who are employed part time, within the United States and within each State;

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