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 PUBLIC LAW 99-158—NOV. 20, 1985 "(2) the demonstration of and the education of students of the health professions and health professionals in— "(A) effective methods for the prevention and early detection of cancer and the identification of individuals with a high risk of developing cancer, and "(B) improved methods of patient referral to appropriate centers for early diagnosis and treatment of cancer; and "(3) the demonstration of new methods for the dissemination of information to the general public concerning the prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment and control of cancer and information concerning unapproved and ineffective methods, drugs, and devices for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and control of cancer.

99 STAT. 833

Public information.

SPECIAL AUTHORITIES OF THE DIRECTOR

"SEC, 413. (a) The Director of the Institute shall establish an information and education center to collect, identify, analyze, and disseminate on a timely basis, through publications and other appropriate means, to cancer patients and their families, physicians and other health professionals, and the general public, information on cancer research, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment (including information respecting nutrition programs for cancer patients and the relationship between nutrition and cancer). The Director of the Institute may take such action as may be necessary to insure that all channels for the dissemination and exchange of scientific knowledge and information are maintained between the Institute and other scientific, medical, and biomedical disciplines and organizations nationally and internationaly. "(b) The Director of the Institute in carrying out the National Cancer Program "(1) shall establish or support the large-scale production or distribution of specialized biological materials and other therapeutic substances for cancer research and set standards of safety and care for persons using such materials; "(2) shall, in consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, support (A) research in the cancer field outside the United States by highly qualified foreign nationals which can be expected to benefit the American people, (B) collaborative research involving American and foreign participants, and (C) the training of American scientists abroad and foreign scientists in the United States; "(3) shall, in consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, support appropriate programs of education and training (including continuing education and laboratory and clinical research training); "(4) shall encourage and coordinate cancer research by industrial concerns where such concerns evidence a particular capability for such research; '(5) may obtain (with the approval of the advisory council for the Institute and in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but without regard to the limitation in such section on the period of service) the services of not more than one hundred and fifty-one experts or consultants who have scientific or professional qualifications; "(6)(A) may, in consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, acquire, construct, improve, repair, operate, and

Education. Physicians. Public information. 42 USC 285a-2.

Real property.

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