[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR4.2]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 4--NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 4.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 201 
et seq.).
    Collections means all books, periodicals, prints, audiovisual 
materials, films, videotapes, recordings, manuscripts, and other 
resource materials of the library. It does not include data processing 
tapes or programs used solely for internal processing activities to 
generate reference materials, nor does it include ``records'' of the 
Library as defined in 45 CFR 5.5. Records of the Library are available 
in accordance with the regulations under the Freedom of Information Act 
and Privacy Act of 1974. (See 45 CFR parts 5 and 5b.)
    Director means the Director of the National Library of Medicine or 
the Director's delegate.
    Health-sciences professional means any person engaged in: (1) The 
administration of health activities; (2) the provision of health 
services; or (3) research, teaching, or education concerned with the 
advancement of medicine or other sciences related to health or 
improvement of the public health.
    Historical collection means: (1) Materials in the collections 
published or printed prior to 1914; (2) manuscripts and prints; (3) the 
archival film collection; and (4) other materials of the collections 
which, because of age, or unique or unusual value, require special 
handling, storage, or protection for their preservation, as determined 
by the Director.
    Library means the National Library of Medicine, established by 
section 465 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 286).
    Regional Medical Library means a medical library established or 
maintained as a regional medical library under section 475 of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 286b-6).