42 CFR § 136.1 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s136.1"
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title: "42 CFR § 136.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "136.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
part_number: "136"
part_name: "INDIAN HEALTH"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 2001 and 2003; 25 U.S.C. 13; and 25 U.S.C. 1621a."
cfr_part: "136"
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# 136.1 Definitions.
When used in this part:
*Bureau of Indian Affairs* (BIA) means the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.
*Indian* includes Indians in the Continental United States, and Indians, Aleuts and Eskimos in Alaska.
*Indian health program* means the health services program for Indians administered by the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services.
*Jurisdiction* has the same geographical meaning as in Bureau of Indian Affairs usage.
*Service* means the Indian Health Service.