42 CFR § 86.2 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s86.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 86.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "86.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "86"
part_name: "GRANTS FOR EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 8(g), 84 Stat. 1600, 29 U.S.C. 657(g); sec. 21(a), 84 Stat. 1612, 29 U.S.C. 670(a)."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 29076, July 10, 1975, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "86"
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# 86.2 Definitions.
Any term not defined herein shall have the same meaning as given it in the Act. As used in this part:
(a) *Act* means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 *et seq.*).
(b) [Reserved]
(c) *Secretary* means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services to whom the authority involved has been delegated.
(d) *State* means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(e) *Training* means job-specific skill development, the purpose of which is to provide qualified personnel to carry out the purposes of the Act.
[40 FR 29076, July 10, 1975, as amended at 47 FR 53012, Nov. 24, 1982]