[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: 42CFR50.502]

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                         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 E--Maximum Allowable Cost for Drugs
 
Sec. 50.502  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart:
    (a) 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, Food and Drug 
Administration, and all of their constituent agencies.
    (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) Program funds means (1) Federal funds provided through grant or 
contract to support a program or project covered by Sec. 50.501, and (2) 
any non-Federal funds that are required as a condition of such grant or 
contract to be expended to carry out such program or project.
    (d) Provider means one who furnishes medical or pharmaceutical 
services or supplies for which program funds may be expended under any 
of the programs or projects described in Sec. 50.501.
    (e) Acquisition cost means the price generally and currently paid by 
providers for a drug marketed or sold by a particular formulator or 
labeler in the package size of drug most frequently purchased by 
providers, as determined by the Secretary on the basis of drug price 
information furnished by the Department.

[40 FR 34514, Aug. 15, 1975, as amended at 49 FR 38109, Sept. 27, 1984]