[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: 42CFR55a.101]

[Page 235]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 55a--PROGRAM GRANTS FOR BLACK LUNG CLINICS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 55a.101  Definitions.


    Act, as used in this part, means the Federal Mine Safety and Health 
Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.).
    Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any 
other officer or empolyee of the Department of Health and Human Services 
to whom the authority involved has been delegated.
    Miner or coal miner means any individual who works or has worked in 
or around a coal mine or coal preparation facility in the extraction or 
preparation of coal. The term also includes an individual who works or 
has worked in coal mine construction or transportation in or around a 
coal mine, to the extent that the individual was exposed to coal dust as 
a result of employment.