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LegalText 42 U.S.C. § 285d1 National arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases program us united_states_code code_section 42 THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE 6A PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 285d1 42 U.S.C. § 285d1 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc42@119-100.zip /us/usc/t42/s285d1 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-42/usc42.xml 37eee46672a52a41067227d96e1cb999931f6ec05f6f5f1ea761154cfbe4641e 644321055a08eb1f260a6a3e31ac157fa024756abf612a9fd6857e7e400cf24e 9da0e93e425e44fe7cbd575b2eb1080f4862104d3480f0b8fc4ff2345180eb74 2026-07-04 official
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42 U.S.C. § 285d1 - National arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases program

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(a) Plan to expand, intensify, and coordinate activities; submission; periodic review and revision The Director of the Institute, with the advice of the Institutes advisory council, shall prepare and transmit to the Director of NIH a plan for a national arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases program to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Institute respecting arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases. The plan shall include such comments and recommendations as the Director of the Institute determines appropriate. The plan shall place particular emphasis upon expanding research into better understanding the causes and the development of effective treatments for arthritis affecting children. The Director of the Institute shall periodically review and revise such plan and shall transmit any revisions of such plan to the Director of NIH.

(b) Coordination of activities with other national research institutes; minimum activities under program Activities under the national arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases program shall be coordinated with the other national research institutes to the extent that such institutes have responsibilities respecting arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, and shall, at least, provide for—

(1) investigation into the epidemiology, etiology, and prevention of all forms of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, including sports-related disorders, primarily through the support of basic research in such areas as immunology, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, physiology, bioengineering, and any other scientific discipline which can contribute important knowledge to the treatment and understanding of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases;

(2) research into the development, trial, and evaluation of techniques, drugs, and devices used in the diagnosis, treatment, including medical rehabilitation, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases;

(3) research on the refinement, development, and evaluation of technological devices that will replace or be a substitute for damaged bone, muscle, and joints and other supporting structures;

(4) the establishment of mechanisms to monitor the causes of athletic injuries and identify ways of preventing such injuries on scholastic athletic fields; and

(5) research into the causes of arthritis affecting children and the development, trial, and evaluation of techniques, drugs and devices used in the diagnosis, treatment (including medical rehabilitation), and prevention of arthritis in children.

(c) Program to be carried out in accordance with plan The Director of the Institute shall carry out the national arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases program in accordance with the plan prepared under subsection (a) and any revisions of such plan made under such subsection.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 436, as added Pub. L. 99158, § 2, Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 848; amended Pub. L. 100607, title I, § 136, Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3056; Pub. L. 10343, title VII, § 701(b), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 162.)

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Amendments1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 10343, § 701(b)(1), inserted after second sentence “The plan shall place particular emphasis upon expanding research into better understanding the causes and the development of effective treatments for arthritis affecting children.” Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 10343, § 701(b)(2), added par. (5). 1988—Pub. L. 100607 inserted “and skin” after “musculoskeletal” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.