42 CFR § 136a.52 - Definitions.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s136a.52"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 136a.52 - Definitions."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "136a.52"
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: "136a"
part_name: "INDIAN HEALTH"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 3, 68 Stat. 674; 42 U.S.C. 2003, 42 Stat. 208, sec. 1, 68 Stat. 674; 25 U.S.C. 13, 42 U.S.C. 2001, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 58318, 58319, Oct. 28, 1999, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 67 FR 35342, May 17, 2002."
cfr_part: "136a"
---


# 136a.52 Definitions.

As used in this subpart:

*Physician* means a doctor of medicine or osteopathy legally authorized to practice medicine and surgery at an Indian Health Service or tribally run facility, or by the State in which he or she practices.