42 U.S.C. § 13001a : US Code - Section 13001A: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 13001a : US Code - Section 13001A: Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter -
(1) the term "Administrator" means the agency head designated
under section 5611(b) of this title;
(2) the term "applicant" means a child protective service, law
enforcement, legal, medical and mental health agency or other
agency that responds to child abuse cases;
(3) the term "board" means the Children's Advocacy Advisory
Board established under section 13001b(e) of this title;
(4) the term "census region" means 1 of the 4 census regions
(northeast, south, midwest, and west) that are designated as
census regions by the Bureau of the Census as of November 4,
1992;
(5) the term "child abuse" means physical or sexual abuse or
neglect of a child;
(6) the term "Director" means the Director of the National
Center on Child Abuse and Neglect;
(7) the term "multidisciplinary response to child abuse" means
a response to child abuse that is based on mutually agreed upon
procedures among the community agencies and professionals
involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and
investigation systems that best meets the needs of child victims
and their nonoffending family members;
(8) the term "nonoffending family member" means a member of the
family of a victim of child abuse other than a member who has
been convicted or accused of committing an act of child abuse;
and
(9) the term "regional children's advocacy program" means the
children's advocacy program established under section 13001b(a)
of this title.