1064 Determination of amount.
Factors.
•Annual operating "'"""""^ " "" expense.'
PUBLIC LAW 89-291-OCT. 22, 1965
[79 STAT.
"(c)(1) The amount of any ^rant under this section to any medical library or related instrumentality shall be determined by the Surgeon General on the basis of the scope of library or related services provided by such library or instrumentality in relation to the population and purposes served by it. I n making a determination of the scope of services served by any medical library or related instrumentality, the Surgeon General shall take into account the following factors— " (A) the number of graduate and undergraduate students making use of the resources of such library or instrumentality; " (B) the number of physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health utilizing the resources of such library or instrumentality; " (C) the type of supportive staffs, if any, available to such library or instrumentality; " (D) the type, size, and qualifications of the faculty of any school with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated; " (E) the staff of any hospital or hospitals or of any clinic or clinics with which such library or instrumentality is affiliated; and " (F) the geographic area served by such library or instrumentality and the availability, within such area, of medical library or related services provided by other libraries or related instrumentalities. " (2) I n no case shall any grant under this section to a medical library or related instrmnentality during any fiscal year exceed $200,000, or, if lesser, an amount equal to— " (A) 60 per centum of the annual operating expenses of such library or related instrumentality, if such fiscal year is the first fiscal year with respect to which a grant under this section is made to it; " (B)(i) 50 per centum of the annual operating expenses of such library or related instrumentality, (ii) or, if lesser, five-sixths of the amount of its first year grant under this section, if such year is the second fiscal year with respect to which a grant under this section has been made to it; " (C)(i) 40 per centum of the annual operating expenses of such library or related instrumentality, (ii) or, if lesser, four-fifths of the amount of the second year grant under this section, if such year is the third fiscal year with respect to which a grant under this section has been made to it; " (D)(i) 30 per centum of the annual operating expenses of such library or related instrumentality, (ii) or, if lesser, three-fourths of the amount of the third year grant under this section, if such year is the fourth fiscal year with respect to which a grant under this section has been made to it; and " (E)(i) 20 per centum of the annual operating expenses of such library or related instrumentality, (ii) or, if lesser, two-thirds of the amount of the fourth year grant under this section, if such year is the fifth fiscal year with respect to which a grant under this section has been made to it. "phc 'annual operating expense' of a library or related instrumentality shall, for purposes of the preceding sentence, be an amount equal (if such annual operating expense is to be determined with respect to the first grant to be made to such library or instrumentality under this section) to the amount of the average of the annual operating expenses of such library or instrumentality over the three fiscal years preceding the year in which such grant is applied for; and if such library or related instrumentality has been operating for less than three yea,rs prior to applying for such grant, its 'annual operating expense' shall be an amount determined by the Surgeon General pur-
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