112 STAT. 2681-387 PUBLIC LAW 105-277 —OCT. 21, 1998 TITLE VI—NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SEC. 601. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR COM- PLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. IN GENERAL.— Title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended— 42 USC 283g. (1) by striking section 404E; and (2) in part E, by adding at the end the following: "Subpart 5—National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 42 USC 287C-21. "SEC. 485D. PURPOSE OF CENTER. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The general purposes of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (in this subpart referred to as the 'Center') are the conduct and support of basic and applied research (including both intramural and extramural research), research training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to identifying, investigating, and validating complementary and alternative treatment, diagnostic £Uid prevention modalities, disciplines and systems. The Center shall be headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Director of the Center shall report directly to the Director of NIH. "(b) ADVISORY COUNCIL.— The Secretary shall establish an advisory council for the Center in accordance with section 406, except that at least half of the members of the advisory council who are not ex officio members shall include practitioners licensed in one or more of the major systems with which the Center is concerned, and at least 3 individuals representing the interests of individual consumers of complementary and alternative medicine. "(c) COMPLEMENT TO CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE.— In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the Center shall, as appropriate, study the integration of alternative treatment, diagnostic and prevention systems, modalities, and disciplines with the practice of conventional medicine as a complement to such medicine and into health care delivery systems in the United States. "(d) APPROPRIATE SCIENTIFIC EXPERTISE AND COORDINATION WITH INSTITUTES AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.— The Director of the Center, after consultation with the advisory council for the Center and the division of research grants, shall ensure that scientists with appropriate expertise in research on complementary and alternative medicine are incorporated into the review, oversight, and management processes of all research projects and other activities funded by the Center. In carrying out this subsection, the Director of the Center, as necessary, may establish review groups with appropriate scientific expertise. The Director of the Center shall coordinate efforts with other Institutes and Federal agencies to ensure appropriate scientific input and management. "(e) EVALUATION OF VARIOUS DISCIPLINES AND SYSTEMS.— In carrying out subsection (a), the Director of the Center shall identify and evaluate alternative and complementary medical treatment, diagnostic and prevention modalities in each of the disciplines and systems with which the Center is concerned, including each discipline and system in which accreditation, national certification, or a State license is available.
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