[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1308.16]

[Page 168]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1308_HEAD START PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ON SERVICES FOR 
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart D_Health Services Performance Standards
 
Sec. 1308.16  Eligibility criteria: Traumatic brain injury.

    A child is classified as having traumatic brain injury whose brain 
injuries are caused by an external physical force, or by an internal 
occurrence such as stroke or aneurysm, with resulting impairments that 
adversely affect educational performance. The term includes children 
with open or closed head injuries, but does not include children with 
brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative or caused by birth 
trauma.