[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR4.2]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 4_NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  4.2  Definitions.



    As used in this part:

    Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 201 

et seq.).

    Collections means all books, periodicals, prints, audiovisual 

materials, films, videotapes, recordings, manuscripts, and other 

resource materials of the library. It does not include data processing 

tapes or programs used solely for internal processing activities to 

generate reference materials, nor does it include ``records'' of the 

Library as defined in 45 CFR 5.5. Records of the Library are available 

in accordance with the regulations under the Freedom of Information Act 

and Privacy Act of 1974. (See 45 CFR parts 5 and 5b.)

    Director means the Director of the National Library of Medicine or 

the Director's delegate.

    Health-sciences professional means any person engaged in: (1) The 

administration of health activities; (2) the provision of health 

services; or (3) research, teaching, or education concerned with the 

advancement of medicine or other sciences related to health or 

improvement of the public health.

    Historical collection means: (1) Materials in the collections 

published or printed prior to 1914; (2) manuscripts and prints; (3) the 

archival film collection; and (4) other materials of the collections 

which, because of age, or unique or unusual value, require special 

handling, storage, or protection for their preservation, as determined 

by the Director.

    Library means the National Library of Medicine, established by 

section 465 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 286).

    Regional Medical Library means a medical library established or 

maintained as a regional medical library under section 475 of the Act 

(42 U.S.C. 286b-6).