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[CITE: 38USC8152]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
            PART VI--ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY
 
   CHAPTER 81--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY 
FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY
 
SUBCHAPTER IV--SHARING OF MEDICAL FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND INFORMATION
 
Sec. 8152. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter--
        (1) The term ``health-care resource'' includes hospital care and 
    medical services (as those terms are defined in section 1701 of this 
    title), any other health-care service, and any health-care support 
    or administrative resource.
        (2) The term ``health-care providers'' includes health-care 
    plans and insurers and any organizations, institutions, or other 
    entities or individuals who furnish health-care resources.
        (3) The term ``hospital'', unless otherwise specified, includes 
    any Federal, State, local, or other public or private hospital.

(Added Pub. L. 89-785, title II, Sec. 203, Nov. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 1373, 
Sec. 5052; renumbered Sec. 8152, Pub. L. 102-40, title IV, 
Sec. 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; amended Pub. L. 102-54, 
Sec. 14(f)(8), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 288; Pub. L. 103-210, Sec. 3(b), 
Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2497; Pub. L. 104-262, title III, Sec. 301(b), 
Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3191.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-262 added pars. (1) and (2), redesignated par. (4) 
as (3), and struck out former pars. (1) to (3) which read as follows:
    ``(1) The term `research center' means an institution (or part of an 
institution), the primary function of which is research, training of 
specialists, and demonstrations and which, in connection therewith, 
provides specialized, high quality diagnostic and treatment services for 
inpatients and outpatients.
    ``(2) The term `specialized medical resources' means medical 
resources (whether equipment, space, or personnel) which, because of 
cost, limited availability, or unusual nature, are either unique in the 
medical community or are subject to maximum utilization only through 
mutual use.
    ``(3) The term `health-care resource' includes hospital care, 
medical services, and rehabilitative services, as those terms are 
defined in paragraphs (5), (6), and (8), respectively, of section 1701 
of this title, any other health-care service, and any health-care 
support or administrative resource.''
    1993--Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 103-210 added par. (3) and 
redesignated former par. (3) as (4).
    1991--Pub. L. 102-40 renumbered section 5052 of this title as this 
section.
    Pub. L. 102-54 amended section as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of Pub. L. 102-40 by redesignating pars. (a), (b), and (c) as 
pars. (1), (2), and (3), respectively, and by realigning the margins.
