42 U.S.C. § 201 : US Code - Section 201: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 201 : US Code - Section 201: Definitions

When used in this chapter -
(a) The term "Service" means the Public Health Service;
(b) The term "Surgeon General" means the Surgeon General of the
Public Health Service;
(c) Unless the context otherwise requires, the term "Secretary"
means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(d) The term "regulations", except when otherwise specified,
means rules and regulations made by the Surgeon General with the
approval of the Secretary;
(e) The term "executive department" means any executive
department, agency, or independent establishment of the United
States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States;
(f) Except as provided in sections 246(g)(4)(B),(!1)
247c(c)(1),(!1) 254d(h)(3),(!1) 263c(5),(!1) 264(d), 292a(9),(!1)
300a(c), 300f(13), and 300n(1) (!1) of this title, the term "State"
includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of
Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(g) The term "possession" includes, among other possessions,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;
(h) Repealed. Pub. L. 97-35, title IX, Sec. 986(a), Aug. 13,
1981, 95 Stat. 603.
(i) The term "vessel" includes every description of watercraft or
other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a
means of transportation on water, exclusive of aircraft and
amphibious contrivances;
(j) The term "habit-forming narcotic drug" or "narcotic" means
opium and coca leaves and the several alkaloids derived therefrom,
the best known of these alkaloids being morphia, heroin, and
codeine, obtained from opium, and cocaine derived from the coca
plant; all compounds, salts, preparations, or other derivatives
obtained either from the raw material or from the various
alkaloids; Indian hemp and its various derivatives, compounds, and
preparations, and peyote in its various forms; isonipecaine and its
derivatives, compounds, salts, and preparations; opiates (as
defined in section 4731(g) (!1) of title 26);
(k) The term "addict" means any person who habitually uses any
habit-forming narcotic drugs so as to endanger the public morals,
health, safety, or welfare, or who is or has been so far addicted
to the use of such habit-forming narcotic drugs as to have lost the
power of self-control with reference to his addiction;
(l) The term "psychiatric disorders" includes diseases of the
nervous system which affect mental health;
(m) The term "State mental health authority" means the State
health authority, except that, in the case of any State in which
there is a single State agency, other than the State health
authority, charged with responsibility for administering the mental
health program of the State, it means such other State agency;
(n) The term "heart diseases" means diseases of the heart and
circulation;
(o) The term "dental diseases and conditions" means diseases and
conditions affecting teeth and their supporting structures, and
other related diseases of the mouth; and
(p) The term "uniformed service" means the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service, or National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(q) The term "drug dependent person" means a person who is using
a controlled substance (as defined in section 802 of title 21) and
who is in a state of psychic or physical dependence, or both,
arising from the use of that substance on a continuous basis. Drug
dependence is characterized by behavioral and other responses which
include a strong compulsion to take the substance on a continuous
basis in order to experience its psychic effects or to avoid the
discomfort caused by its absence.