[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: 42CFR64a.103]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                                SERVICES

 

PART 64a_OBLIGATED SERVICE FOR MENTAL HEALTH TRAINEESHIPS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  64a.103  Definitions.



    As used in this part:

    Act means the Public Health Service Act as amended by Pub. L. 96-

398.

    Clinical traineeship means a stipend or other trainee allowances 

provided to an individual for clinical training in psychology, 

psychiatry, nursing, or social



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work, except for training that is of a limited duration or experimental 

nature, under a training grant authorized by section 303 of the Act.

    Community Mental Health Centers Act means the Community Mental 

Health Centers Act (42 U.S.C. 2689 et seq.) other than Part D thereof.

    Experimental nature refers to the training of undergraduates; the 

training of individuals in disciplines other than psychology, 

psychiatry, nursing, or social work; and any other training which the 

Secretary specifically designates as experimental in the notice of award 

for a training grant under section 303 of the Act.

    Limited duration means a period that is equal to or less than 180 

days, computed cumulatively over a two year period which begins on the 

first day of the clinical traineeship.

    Mental Health Systems Act means the Mental Health Systems Act (42 

U.S.C. 9401 et seq.).

    Nonprofit private entity means an agency, organization, institution 

or other entity which may not lawfully hold or use any part of its net 

earnings to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and 

which does not hold or use its net earnings for that purpose.

    Other trainee allowances means financial assistance for those costs 

not covered by stipends, such as tuition, fees, and trainee travel, 

which are directly associated with and necessary to the training of 

individuals receiving stipends and are incurred within the period of 

training.

    Secretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services or other 

official of the Department to whom the authority involved has been 

delegated.

    Stipend means financial assistance to an individual that is intended 

to help meet that individual's subsistence expenses during training.