---identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s51a.2"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "42 CFR § 51a.2 - Definitions."title_number: 42title_name: "Public Health"section_number: "51a.2"section_name: "Definitions."chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"subchapter_number: "D"subchapter_name: "GRANTS"part_number: "51a"part_name: "PROJECT GRANTS FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "Sec. 1102 of the Social Security Act, 49 Stat. 647 (42 U.S.C. 1302); sec. 502(a), 502(b)(1)(A), and 506(a)(3) of the Social Security Act, 95 Stat. 819-20 (42 U.S.C. 702(a), 702(b)(1)(A) and 706(a)(3))."regulatory_source: "51 FR 7727, Mar. 5, 1986, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "51a"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t42/s51a.2
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services
Authority
Sec. 1102 of the Social Security Act, 49 Stat. 647 (42 U.S.C. 1302); sec. 502(a), 502(b)(1)(A), and 506(a)(3) of the Social Security Act, 95 Stat. 819-20 (42 U.S.C. 702(a), 702(b)(1)(A) and 706(a)(3))... Sec. 1102 of the Social Security Act, 49 Stat. 647 (42 U.S.C. 1302); sec. 502(a), 502(b)(1)(A), and 506(a)(3) of the Social Security Act, 95 Stat. 819-20 (42 U.S.C. 702(a), 702(b)(1)(A) and 706(a)(3)).
# 51a.2 Definitions.*Act* means the Social Security Act, as amended.*Genetic diseases* means inherited disorders caused by the transmission of certain aberrant genes from one generation to another.*Hemophilia* means a genetically transmitted bleeding disorder resulting from a deficiency of a plasma clotting factor.*Institution of higher learning* means any college or university accredited by a regionalized body or bodies approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education, and any teaching hospital which has higher learning among its purposes and functions and which has a formal affiliation with an accredited school of medicine and a full-time academic medical staff holding faculty status in such school of medicine.*Secretary* means the Secretary of Health and Human Services or his or her designee.