[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: 42CFR55a.101]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                                SERVICES

 

PART 55a_PROGRAM GRANTS FOR BLACK LUNG CLINICS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  55a.101  Definitions.





    Act, as used in this part, means the Federal Mine Safety and Health 

Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.).

    Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any 

other officer or empolyee of the Department of Health and Human Services 

to whom the authority involved has been delegated.

    Miner or coal miner means any individual who works or has worked in 

or around a coal mine or coal preparation facility in the extraction or 

preparation of coal. The term also includes an individual who works or 

has worked in coal mine construction or transportation in or around a 

coal mine, to the extent that the individual was exposed to coal dust as 

a result of employment.