Section text and notes
None of the funds provided under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be used to provide individuals with hypodermic needles or syringes so that such individuals may use illegal drugs, unless the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service determines that a demonstration needle exchange program would be effective in reducing drug abuse and the risk that the public will become infected with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 256(b)102 Stat. 3110 Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2602(d)(1)102 Stat. 4234 (, , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 100–607102 Stat. 3048 section 201 of this titleThis Act, referred to in text, is , , , known as the “Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988”. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1988 Amendments note set out under and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the AIDS Amendments of 1988 and as part of the Health Omnibus Programs Extension of 1988, and not as part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
Pub. L. 100–6901988— substituted “Surgeon General of the Public Health Service” for “Surgeon General of the United States”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Pub. L. 100–690Pub. L. 100–607section 2600 of Pub. L. 100–690section 242m of this titleAmendment by effective immediately after enactment of , which was approved , see , set out as a note under .