[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: 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]