PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

102 STAT. 3051

tative aids, implantable biomaterials, auditory speech proc-
essors, speech production devices, and other otolaryngologic
procedures;

"(2) training programs for physicians, scientists, and other
health and allied health professionals;

"(3) information and continuing education programs for
physicians and other health and allied health professionals who
will provide care for patients with disorders of hearing or other
communication processes; and

"(4) programs for the dissemination to the general public of
information —

"(A) on the importance of early detection of disorders of
hearing and other communication processes, of seeking
prompt treatment, rehabilitation, and of following an
appropriate regimen; and

"(B) on the importance of avoiding exposure to noise and
other environmental toxic agents that may affect disorders
of hearing or other communication processes.
"(d) A center may use funds provided under subsection (a) to
provide stipends for health professionals enrolled in training pro-
grams described in subsection (cX2).

"(e) Each center assisted under this section may conduct
programs —

"(1) to establish the effectiveness of new and improved meth-
ods of detection, referral, and diagnosis of individuals at risk of
developing disorders of hearing or other communication proc-
esses; and

"(2) to disseminate the results of research, screening, and
other activities, and develop means of standardizing patient
data and recordkeeping.

"(f) The Director of the Institute shall, to the extent practicable,
provide for an equitable geographical distribution of centers assisted
under this section. The Director shall give appropriate consideration
to the need for centers especially suited to meeting the needs of the
elderly, and of children (particularly with respect to their education
and training), affected by disorders of hearing or other communica-
tion processes.

"(g) Support of a center under this section may be for a period not
to exceed seven years. Such period may be extended by the Director
of the Institute for one or more additional periods of not more than
five years if the operations of such center have been reviewed by an
appropriate technical and scientific peer review group established
by the Director, with the advice of the Institute's advisory council, if
such group has recommended to the Director that such period
should be extended.".

Subtitle B— -Biotechnology Information

Health care

professionals.

Education.

Aged persons.
Children and
youth.

SEC. 105. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION.

Part D of title TV (42 U.S.C. 286 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subpart: