The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized and directed to make and enforce such regulations as may in his judgment be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 262, § 4Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 74349 Stat. 88554 Stat. 123767 Stat. 631Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b)93 Stat. 695(, as added , ; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. IV, § 12, eff. , 5 F.R. 2421, ; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, § 5, eff. , 18 F.R. 2053, ; , , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88section 3508(b) of Title 20“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
section 321 of this titleFor transfer of functions of Federal Security Administrator to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Health and Human Services], and of Food and Drug Administration to Federal Security Agency, see notes set out under .