36 CFR § 21.1 - Definitions.

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title: "36 CFR § 21.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "21.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "21"
part_name: "HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK; BATHHOUSE REGULATIONS"
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authority: "Sec. 3, Act of August 25, 1916, 39 Stat. 535, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3); sec. 3, Act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 842, as amended (16 U.S.C. 363)."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 2577, Jan. 12, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
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# 21.1 Definitions.

When used in the regulations in this part:

(a) The term *physician* means doctor of medicine or osteopathy who is licensed to practice by a State or territory of the United States.

(b) The term *registered physician* means a physician registered at the office of the Superintendent as authorized to prescribe the waters of Hot Springs National Park.

(c) The term *employee* means any person licensed or certified by a State or territory of the United States in his or her specialty, or who is certified by the Superintendent to perform or render special services in a bathhouse.

(d) The term *bathhouse* means any facility which is operated by an individual, trustee, partnership, corporation, or business entity and which receives thermal water from Hot Springs National Park.

[44 FR 2577, Jan. 12, 1979, as amended at 62 FR 30235, June 3, 1997]