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[CITE: 42USC13001a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                   CHAPTER 132--VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE
 
  SUBCHAPTER I--IMPROVING INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF CHILD ABUSE 
                                  CASES
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 101-647, title II, Sec. 212, as added Pub. L. 102-586, 
Sec. 6(b)(2), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5029.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 212 of Pub. L. 101-647 was renumbered section 214 
and is classified to section 13002 of this title.
