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individual for useful employment as a practical nurse or in such other health occupations. "(c) The term 'practical nurse' means a person who is trained to care for subacute, convalescent, and chronic patients under the direction of a licensed physician or under the supervision of a registered nurse, or to assist a registered nurse in the care of acute illness. " (d) The term 'local educational agency' means a board of education or other legally constituted local school authority having administrative control and direction of public secondary schools in a county, township, independent, or other school district, or having such control and direction over vocational education in such schools. "(e) The term 'State' includes Alaska, Hawaii, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. " (f) The term 'State board' means the State board of vocational education, or the State board primarily responsible for the supervision of public elementary and secondary schools, as designated in the State plan. " (g) The cost of administration of a State plan for practical nurse training may not include any portion of the cost of the purchase, preservation, erection, or repair of any building or buildings or the purchase or rental of any land." TITLE IV—EXTENSION OF THE HOSPITAL SURVEY AND CONSTRUCTION ACT SEC. 401. The first sentence of section 621 of the Public Health Service Act is amended by striking out "seven" and inserting in lieu thereof "nine". SEC. 402. Section 651 of such Act is amended by striking out "two" and inserting in lieu thereof "four",
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TITLE V—MENTAL H E A L T H SPECIAL PROJECT GRANTS
SEC. 501. Section 303 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 242a) is amended to read as follows: "MENTAL HEALTH
"SEC. 303. (a) I n carrving out the purposes of section 301 with respect to mental health, the Surgeon General is authorized— " (1) to provide training and instruction and to establish and maintain traineeships, in accordance with the provisions of section 433(a); " (2) to make grants to State or local agencies, laboratories, and other public or nonprofit agencies and institutions, and to individuals for investigations, experiments, demonstrations, studies, and research projects with respect to the development of improved methods of diagnosing mental illness, and of care, treatment, and rehabilitation of the mentally ill, including grants to State agencies responsible for administration of State institutions for care, or care and treatment, of mentally ill persons for developing and establishing improved methods of operation and administration of such institutions. " (b) Grants under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) may be made only upon recommendation of the National Advisory Mental Health Council. Such grants may be paid in advance or by way of reimbursement, as may be determined by the Surgeon General; and shall be made on such conditions as the Surgeon General finds necessary." 69225 O - 5 7 - 6 3 ( V o l. 70)
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