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 99 STAT. 862

Students. Physicians.

Hospitals.

PUBLIC LAW 99-158—NOV. 20, 1985 "(b)(1) The amount of any grant under this section to any medical library or related instrumentality shall be determined by the Secretary on the basis of the scope of library or related services provided by such library or instrumentality in relation to the population and purposes served by it. In making a determination of the scope of services served by any medical library or related instrumentality, the Secretary shall take into account"(A) the number of graduate and undergraduate students making use of the resources of such library or instrumentality; "(B) the number of physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health utilizing the resources of such library or instrumentality; "(C) the type of supportive staffs, if any, available to such library or instrumentality; "(D) the type, size, and qualifications of the faculty of anv school with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated; "(E) the staff of any hospital or hospitals or of any clinic or clinics with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated; and "(F) the geographic area served by such library or instrumentality and the availability within such area of medical library or related services provided by other libraries or related instrumentalities. "(2) Grants to such medical libraries or related instrumentalities under this section shall be in such amounts as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe with a view to assuring adecjuate continuing financial support for such libraries or instrumentalities from other sources during and after the period for which grants are provided, except that in no case shall any grant under this section to a medical library or related instrumentality for any fiscal year exceed $500,000. "GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL MEDICAL LIBRARIES

42 USC 286b-6.

"SEC. 475. (a) The Secretary, with the advice of the Board, shall make grants to and enter into contracts with existing public or private nonprofit medical libraries so as to enable each of them to serve as the regional medical library for the geographical area in which it is located. "(b) The uses for which grants and contracts under this section may be employed include the— "(1) acquisition of books, journals, and other similar materials; "(2) cataloging, binding, and other procedures for processing library resource materials for use by those who are served by the library; "(3) acquisition of duplicating devices and other equipment to facilitate the use of the resources of the library by those who are served by it; "(4) acquisition of mechanisms and employment of personnel for the speedy transmission of materials from the regional library to local libraries in the geographic area served by the regional library; and (5) planning for services and activities under this section. "(c)(1) Grants and contracts under this section shall only be made to or entered into with medical libraries which agree—

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