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42 U.S.C. § 218 — Volunteer services
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Subject to regulations, volunteer and uncompensated services may be accepted by the Secretary, or by any other officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services designated by him, for use in the operation of any health care facility or in the provision of health care.
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Subject to regulations, volunteer and uncompensated services may be accepted by the Secretary, or by any other officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services designated by him, for use in the operation of any health care facility or in the provision of health care.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 137, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 1, 50 Stat. 559, provided for establishment of National Cancer Institute. See [section 281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section281&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137a, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 2, 50 Stat. 559, provided for powers and duties of Surgeon General. See [section 282 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section282&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137b, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 3, 50 Stat. 560, provided for establishment of National Advisory Cancer Council. See [section 218 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section218&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137c, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 4, 50 Stat. 560, provided for powers and functions of Council. See [section 284 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section284&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137d, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 5, 50 Stat. 561, provided for administration of powers by Surgeon General. See [section 283 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section283&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137e, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 6, 50 Stat. 561, provided for acceptance of gifts. See [section 283 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section283&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137f, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 7, 50 Stat. 561, provided for appropriations. See [section 285 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section285&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 137g, act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 565, § 8, 50 Stat. 562, related t
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### Statutory Notes
Section 17, act Oct. 1, 1918, ch. 178, 40 Stat. 992, provided for a detail for duty with Department of Agriculture. See [section 215 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section215&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 17a, act Apr. 9, 1930, ch. 125, § 1, 46 Stat. 150, provided for a detail for duty with executive and independent departments carrying on public health activities. See [section 215 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section215&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 17b, act Apr. 9, 1930, ch. 125, § 2(a), 46 Stat. 150, provided for a detail for duty with educational and research institutions. See [section 215 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section215&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 17c, act Apr. 26, 1939, ch. 92, § 1, 53 Stat. 620, provided for a detail for duty on vessels of Coast and Geodetic Survey. See [section 215 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section215&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 18, act Oct. 27, 1918, ch. 196, 40 Stat. 1017, provided for a Reserve of the Public Health Service. See sections 204, 207, 209, and 210 of this title.
Section 18a, act Apr. 9, 1930, ch. 125, § 6, 46 Stat. 151, provided for assignment of Reserve officers to active duty and for such service counting for promotion credits. See [section 204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section204&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 18b, act Mar. 18, 1943, ch. 17, title I, 57 Stat. 24, provided for distribution of Reserve officers among the several grades. See [section 209 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granule
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**(a) Appointment; duties** Within 120 days of July 29, 1975, the Secretary shall appoint and organize a National Advisory Council on Migrant Health (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the “Council”) which shall advise, consult with, and make recommendations to, the Secretary on matters concerning the organization, operation, selection, and funding of migrant health centers and other entities under grants and contracts under section 254b 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.
**(b) Membership** The Council shall consist of fifteen members, at least twelve of whom shall be members of the governing boards of migrant health centers or other entities assisted under section 254b 1 of this title. Of such twelve members who are members of such governing boards, at least nine shall be chosen from among those members of such governing boards who are being served by such centers or grantees and who are familiar with the delivery of health care to migratory agricultural workers and seasonal agricultural workers. The remaining three Council members shall be individuals qualified by training and experience in the medical sciences or in the administration of health programs.
**(c) Terms of office** Each member of the Council shall hold office for a term of four years, except that (1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and (2) the terms of the members first taking office after July 29, 1975, shall expire as follows: four shall expire four years after such date, four shall expire three years after such date, four shall expire two years after such date, and three shall expire one year after such date, as designated by the
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**(a) Authority of Secretary** The Secretary shall conduct in the Service, and encourage, cooperate with, and render assistance to other appropriate public authorities, scientific institutions, and scientists in the conduct of, and promote the coordination of, research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of physical and mental diseases and impairments of man, including water purification, sewage treatment, and pollution of lakes and streams. In carrying out the foregoing the Secretary is authorized to—
(1) collect and make available through publications and other appropriate means, information as to, and the practical application of, such research and other activities;
(2) make available research facilities of the Service to appropriate public authorities, and to health officials and scientists engaged in special study;
(3) make grants-in-aid to universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or private institutions, and to individuals for such research projects as are recommended by the advisory council to the entity of the Department supporting such projects and make, upon recommendation of the advisory council to the appropriate entity of the Department, grants-in-aid to public or nonprofit universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other institutions for the general support of their research;
(4) secure from time to time and for such periods as he deems advisable, the assistance and advice of experts, scholars, and consultants from the United States or abroad;
(5) for purposes of study, admit and treat at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service, persons not otherwise eligible for such treatment;
(6) make available, to health officials, scientists, a
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**(a) Establishment** The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “Administration”) is an agency of the Service.
**(b) Centers** The following Centers are agencies of the Administration:
(1) The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment.
(2) The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
(3) The Center for Mental Health Services.
**(c) Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary**
(1) **Assistant Secretary** — The Administration shall be headed by an official to be known as the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Assistant Secretary”) who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(2) **Deputy Assistant Secretary** — The Assistant Secretary, with the approval of the Secretary, may appoint a Deputy Assistant Secretary and may employ and prescribe the functions of such officers and employees, including attorneys, as are necessary to administer the activities to be carried out through the Administration.
**(d) Authorities** The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary, shall—
(1) supervise the functions of the Centers of the Administration in order to assure that the programs carried out through each such Center receive appropriate and equitable support and that there is cooperation among the Centers in the implementation of such programs;
(2) establish and implement, through the respective Centers, a comprehensive program to improve the provision of treatment and related services to individuals with respect to substance use disorders and mental illness and to improve prevention services, promote mental health and protect the legal rights of individuals with mental illnesses a
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 217a–1
1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
1 See References in Text note below.
to specified provisions governing appointments in the
competitive service and relating to classification and
General Schedule pay rates, for provisions authorizing
the Surgeon General to appoint advisory committees
without regard to the civil service laws and subject to
the Secretary’s approval in such cases as he prescribed.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91–515, § 601(a)(3), inserted ‘‘coun-
cil or’’ before ‘‘committee’’ wherever appearing.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91–515, § 601(a)(3), (c)(2), inserted
‘‘council or’’ before ‘‘committee’’ wherever appearing,
and ‘‘or programs’’ after ‘‘projects’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub-
stituted for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel-
fare’’ in subsecs. (a) and (c) pursuant to section 509(b)
of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of
Title 20, Education.
TERMINATION
OF
ADVISORY
COMMITTEES; REPORT
BY
SECRETARY
TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES RELAT-
ING TO TERMINATION
Pub. L. 93–641, § 6, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2275, provided
that:
‘‘(a) An advisory committee established by or pursu-
ant to the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 201 et
seq.], the Mental Retardation Facilities and Commu-
nity Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963
[former 42 U.S.C. 2689 et seq., 6001 et seq.], or the Com-
prehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention,
Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 [42 U.S.C.
4541 et seq.] shall terminate at such time as may be
specifically prescribed by an Act of Congress enacted
after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 4,
1975].
‘‘(b) The Secr
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