[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: 42CFR66.102]

[Page 387]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 66--NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart A--Direct Awards
 
Sec. 66.102  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart:
    (a) Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
    (b) 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.
    (c) Nonprofit institution means a corporation or association in 
which no part of the net earnings inures or may lawfully inure to the 
benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
    (d) Award means a National Research Service Award under section 487 
of the Act (42 U.S.C. 288).
    (e) Residency means post-graduate training for doctors of medicine, 
osteopathy, dentistry, optometry, and podiatry, nurses, and other 
individuals providing health care directly to patients, in which the 
majority of the time is spent in non-research clinical training.
    (f) Noncitizen national of the United States means a person who, 
though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to 
the United States [8 U.S.C. 1101(a) (22)].
    (g) Predoctoral training means training at the post-baccalaureate 
level in a program leading to the award of a doctor of philosophy of 
science, or equivalent degree. For purposes of Awards under the Minority 
Access to Research Careers programs of the National Institute of General 
Medical Sciences and the Career Opportunities in Research Education and 
Training programs of the National Institute of Mental Health, 
predoctoral training also means training in a program leading to the 
award of a baccalaureate in science or equivalent degree.
    (h) Postdoctoral training means training of individuals holding a 
doctor of philosophy, science, medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, 
optometry, podiatry, veterinary medicine, engineering, nursing sciences, 
public health, or equivalent degree.

[48 FR 24880, June 3, 1983, as amended at 66 FR 29499, May 31, 2001]