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[CITE: 42USC300d-31]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
                        SUBCHAPTER X--TRAUMA CARE
 
           Part C--General Provisions Regarding Parts A and B
 
Sec. 300d-31. Definitions

    For purposes of this part and parts A and B of this subchapter:

                    (1) Designated trauma center

        The term ``designated trauma center'' means a trauma center 
    designated in accordance with the modifications to the State plan 
    described in section 300d-13 of this title.

         (2) State plan regarding emergency medical services

        The term ``State plan'', with respect to the provision of 
    emergency medical services, means a plan for a comprehensive, 
    organized system to provide for the access, response, triage, field 
    stabilization, transport, hospital stabilization, definitive care, 
    and rehabilitation of patients of all ages with respect to emergency 
    medical services.

                              (3) State

        The term ``State'' means each of the several States, the 
    District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
    Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
    Mariana Islands.

                             (4) Trauma

        The term ``trauma'' means an injury resulting from exposure to a 
    mechanical force.

               (5) Trauma care component of State plan

        The term ``trauma care component'', with respect to components 
    of the State plan for the provision of emergency medical services, 
    means a plan for a comprehensive health care system, within rural 
    and urban areas of the State, for the prompt recognition, 
    prehospital care, emergency medical care, acute surgical and medical 
    care, rehabilitation, and outcome evaluation of seriously injured 
    patients.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, Sec. 1231, as added Pub. L. 101-590, 
Sec. 3, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2926; amended Pub. L. 102-321, title 
VI, Sec. 602(2), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 436; Pub. L. 103-183, title 
VI, Sec. 601(f)(4), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2239.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Par. (3). Pub. L. 103-183 substituted ``Puerto Rico,'' for 
``Puerto Rico;''.
    1992--Pub. L. 102-321 substituted ``this part and parts A and B of 
this subchapter'' for ``this subchapter'' in introductory provisions.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-321 effective July 10, 1992, with provision 
for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(b), (d) of 
Pub. L. 102-321, set out as a note under section 236 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 300d-61 of this title.
