[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR50.202]

[Page 142-143]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 50--POLICIES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--Sterilization of Persons in Federally Assisted Family 
                            Planning Projects
 
Sec. 50.202  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart:
    Arrange for means to make arrangements (other than mere referral of 
an individual to, or the mere making of an appointment for him or her 
with, another health care provider) for the performance of a medical 
procedure on an individual by a health care provider other than the 
program or project.
    Hysterectomy means a medical procedure or operation for the purpose 
of removing the uterus.
    Institutionalized individual means an individual who is (1) 
involuntarily confined or detained, under a civil or criminal statute, 
in a correctional or rehabilitative facility, including a mental 
hospital or other facility for the care and treatment of mental illness, 
or (2) confined, under a voluntary commitment, in a mental hospital or 
other facility for the care and treatment of mental illness.
    Mentally incompetent individual means an individual who has been 
declared mentally incompetent by a Federal, State, or local court of 
competent jurisdiction for any purpose unless he or she has been 
declared competent for

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purposes which include the ability to consent to sterilization.
    Public Health Service means the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, National 
Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, Alcohol, Drug Abuse 
and Mental Health Administration and all of their constituent agencies.
    The 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.
    Sterilization means any medical procedure, treatment, or operation 
for the purpose of rendering an individual permanently incapable of 
reproducing.

[43 FR 52165, Nov. 8, 1978, as amended at 49 FR 38109, Sept. 27, 1984]