[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR4.5]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 4--NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4.5  Use of materials from the collections.

    (a) Unrestricted materials. Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, materials from the collections are generally available to any 
interested person only in facilities provided by the Library for this 
purpose. The Director may prescribe additional reasonable rules to 
assure the most effective use of the Library's resources by health-
sciences professionals and to protect the collections from misuse or 
damage. The rules must be consistent with the regulations in this part 
and applicable Department regulations and policies on nondiscrimination. 
Materials in the collections are available upon each request which 
assures, to the Director's satisfaction, that the materials will be 
safeguarded from misuse, damage, loss, or misappropriation, and will be 
returned promptly after use or upon request of the Library.
    (b) Restricted materials--(1) Historical collection. Materials from 
the historical collection are available only as the Director may permit 
to assure their maximum preservation and protection. Copies of these 
materials may be made available in the form of microfilm and other 
copies, for which reasonable fees may be charged.
    (2) Gifts. Materials in the collections are available only in 
accordance with any limitations imposed as a condition of the 
acquisition of those materials, whether the acquisition was by gift or 
purchase.
    (c) Loans--(1) General. Requests for loans of materials must assure 
the Library that (i) the materials will be safeguarded from misuse, 
damage, loss, or misappropriation and (ii) the materials will be 
returned promptly after use or upon request of the Library. The Library 
may provide copies in lieu of original materials, which need not be 
returned unless otherwise stated at the time of the loan.
    (2) Loans of audiovisual materials. Audiovisual materials are 
available for loan under the same general terms as printed materials.
    (3) Loans to other libraries. Upon request materials or copies are 
available for use through libraries of public or private agencies or 
institutions. The requesting library must assure that it has first 
exhausted its own collection resources, those of other local libraries 
in the geographic area, and those of the Regional Medical Library 
network (including Regional and Resource Libraries) before making a 
request for a loan.
    (4) Loans to health-sciences professionals. The Director may make 
loans of materials directly to health-sciences professionals. An 
individual wishing a loan of library materials must assure to the 
satisfaction of the Director that the individual is geographically 
isolated, in terms of distance or available transportation, from medical 
literature resources likely to contain the desired material.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0925-0276)