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Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this part:
Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
Council means the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council, established under section 406 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 284a).
Director means the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and any official to whom the authority involved may be delegated.
Emergency medical services means the services utilized in responding to the perceived individual need for immediate medical care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury.
HHS means the Department of Health and Human Services.
National program means the National Heart, Blood Vessel, Lung, and Blood Diseases and Blood Resources Program referred to in section 421 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 285b–3).
Nonprofit as applied to any agency or institution means an agency or institution which is a corporation or an association, no part of the net earnings of which inures or may lawfully inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
PHS means the Public Health Service.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 42. Public Health § 42.52e.2 Definitions - last updated October 02, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-42-public-health/cfr-sect-42-52e-2/
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