42 CFR § 51b.102 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s51b.102"
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title: "42 CFR § 51b.102 - Definitions."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "51b.102"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS"
part_number: "51b"
part_name: "PROJECT GRANTS FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 317 and 318, Public Health Service Act, 92 Stat. 3574 and 3582 (42 U.S.C. 247b, 247c); sec. 1743 Pub. L. 97-35, 95 Stat. 763 (31 U.S.C. 1243 note)."
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# 51b.102 Definitions.
As used in these regulations:
*Act* means the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
*Secretary* means the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) or any other officer or employee of that Department to whom the authority involved has been delegated.
*State* means one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.