[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45 Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 45CFR1308.16]



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                        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.