114 STAT. 2314
PUBLIC LAW 106-505—NOV. 13, 2000
Public Law 106-505
106th Congress
An Act
To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for recommendations of the
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Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the placement of automatic
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external defibrillators in Federal buildings in order to improve survival rates
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of individuals who experience cardiac arrest in such biiildings, and to establish
protections from civU liability arising from the emergency use of the devices.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
Public Health
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Improvement
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42 USC 201 note.
(a) gnoRT TITLE.— T his Act may be cited as the "Public Health
Improvement Act".
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— The table of contents of this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—EMERGING THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Amendments to the Public Health Service Act.
TITLE II—CLINICAL RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 203. Increasing the involvement of the National Institutes of Health in cUnical
rese arch.
Sec. 204. General clinical research centers.
Sec. 205. Loan repayment program regarding clinical researchers.
Sec. 206. Definition.
Sec. 207. Oversight by General Accounting Office.
TITLE III—RESEARCH LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Findings.
Sec. 303. Biomedical and behavioral research facilities.
Sec. 3t)4. Construction program for National Primate Research Centers.
Sec. 305. Shared instrumentation grant program.
TITLE IV—CARDIAC ARREST SURVIVAL
Subtitle A—Recommendations for Federal Buildings
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Findings.
Sec. 403. Recommendations and guidelines of Secretary of Health and Human
Services regarding automated external defibrillators for Federal buildings.
Sec. 404. Good Samaritan protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators.
Subtitle B—Rural Access to Emergency Devices
Sec. 411. Short title.
Sec. 412. Findings.
Sec. 413. Grants.
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