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42 CFR § 51a.2 - Definitions.

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title: "42 CFR § 51a.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "51a.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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subchapter_name: "GRANTS"
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part_name: "PROJECT GRANTS FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH"
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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))."
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# 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.