Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§285q–1 Specific Authorities

Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES › Part C — Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes › subpart 17 — national institute of nursing research › § 285q–1

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director can fund and run research training, traineeships, and fellowships on preventing disease, promoting health, and nursing care for people and families with acute and chronic illnesses. The Director can pay stipends and allowances (including travel, living, and dependency costs) and can make grants to nonprofit institutions to provide the same training.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §285q–1

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To carry out section 285q of this title, the Director of the Institute may provide research training and instruction and establish, in the Institute and other nonprofit institutions, research traineeships and fellowships in the study and investigation of the prevention of disease, health promotion, and the nursing care of individuals with and the families of individuals with acute and chronic illnesses. The Director of the Institute may provide individuals receiving such training and instruction or such traineeships or fellowships with such stipends and allowances (including amounts for travel and subsistence and dependency allowances) as the Director determines necessary. The Director may make grants to nonprofit institutions to provide such training and instruction and traineeships and fellowships.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 287c–1 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103–43.

Amendments

1993—Pub. L. 103–43, § 1511(a)(2), (b)(4)(A), substituted “section 285q” for “section 287c” and “Institute” for “Center” wherever appearing.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 285q–1

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102