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 99 STAT. 856

PUBLIC LAW 99-158—NOV. 20, 1985 "Subpart 7—National Institute of Child Health and Human Development "PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE

42 USC 285g.

"SEC. 448. The general purpose of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the 'Institute') is the conduct and support of research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to maternal health, child health, mental retardation, human growth and development, including prenatal development, population research, and special health problems and requirements of mothers and children. "SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME

42 USC 285g-i.

"SEC. 449. The Director of the Institute shall conduct and support research which specifically relates to sudden infant death syndrome. "MENTAL RETARDATION RESEARCH

42 USC 285g-2.

"SEC. 450. The Director of the Institute shall conduct and support research and related activities into the causes, prevention, and treatment of mental retardation. "ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR PREVENTION

42 USC 285g-3.

Ante, p. 831.

"SEC. 451. (a) There shall be in the Institute an Associate Director for Prevention to coordinate and promote the programs in the Institute concerning the prevention of health problems of mothers and children. The Associate Director shall be appointed by the Director of the Institute from individuals who because of their professional training or experience are experts in public health or preventive medicine. "0?) The Associate Director for Prevention shall prepare for inclusion in the biennial report made under section 407 a description of the prevention activities of the Institute, including a description of the staff and resources allocated to those activities. "Subpart 8—National Institute of Dental Research "PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE

42 USC 285h.

"SEC. 453. The general purpose of the National Institute of Research is the conduct and support of research, training, information dissemination, and other programs with respect cause, prevention, and methods of diagnosis and treatment of and oral diseases and conditions.

Dental health to the dental

"Subpart 9—National Eye Institute "PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE

Blind persons. 42 USC 285i.

"SEC. 455. The general purpose of the National Eye Institute (hereafter in this subpart referred to as the Institute') is the conduct and support of research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the

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