[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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)