42 USC § 3058f - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s3058f"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 3058f - Definitions"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3058f"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "ALLOTMENTS FOR VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "State Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–73, title VII, § 711, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title VII, § 702, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1275; amended Pub. L. 114–144, § 8(b), Apr. 19, 2016, 130 Stat. 347; Pub. L. 116–131, title II, § 202(2), Mar. 25, 2020, 134 Stat. 254.)"
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# § 3058f. Definitions

As used in this subpart:

**(1)** **Office** section 3058g(a)(1)(A) of this title

The term “Office” means the office established in .

**(2)** **Ombudsman** section 3058g(a)(2) of this title

The term “Ombudsman” means the individual described in .

**(3)** **Local Ombudsman entity** section 3058g(a)(5)(A) of this titlesection 3058g(a)(5)(B) of this title

The term “local Ombudsman entity” means an entity designated under  to carry out the duties described in  with respect to a planning and service area or other substate area.

**(4)** **Program** section 3058g(a)(1)(B) of this title

The term “program” means the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program established in .

**(5)** **Representative** section 3058g(a)(5)(A) of this title

The term “representative” includes an employee or volunteer who represents an entity designated under  and who is individually designated by the Ombudsman.

**(6)** **Resident** The term “resident” means an individual of any age who resides in a long-term care facility.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–73, title VII, § 711, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title VII, § 702, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1275; amended Pub. L. 114–144, § 8(b), Apr. 19, 2016, 130 Stat. 347; Pub. L. 116–131, title II, § 202(2), Mar. 25, 2020, 134 Stat. 254.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2020—Par. (6).  inserted “of any age” after “individual”.

2016—Par. (6).  struck out “older” before “individual”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section inapplicable with respect to fiscal year 1992, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under .