42 U.S.C. § 300ee-5
None of the funds provided under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be used to provide individuals with hypodermic needles or syringes so that such individuals may use illegal drugs, unless the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service determines that a demonstration needle exchange program would be effective in reducing drug abuse and the risk that the public will become infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
42 U.S.C. § 300ee-5
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 100-607, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3048, known as the "Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988". For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1988 Amendments note set out under section 201 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the AIDS Amendments of 1988 and as part of the Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS1988- Pub. L. 100-690 substituted "Surgeon General of the Public Health Service" for "Surgeon General of the United States".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 100-690 effective immediately after enactment of Pub. L. 100-607 which was approved Nov. 4, 1988, see section 2600 of Pub. L. 100-690 set out as a note under section 242m of this title.
- Service
- The term "Service" means the Public Health Service;
- Surgeon General
- The term "Surgeon General" means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;