CONTENTS Section Metabolic Diseases, National Institute on Neurological Dis- eases and Blindness, and Other Institutes___ 431 Part E-Institutes of Child Health and Human Development 441 Part E-Declaration of Purpose with Respect to Diagnostic or Treatment Centers, Chronic Disease Hospitals, Rehabilitation Part F-Surveys and Planning with Respect to Diagnostic or Treatment Centers, Chronic Disease Hospitals, Rehabilitation Part G-Construction of Diagnostic or Treatment Centers, 651 *The 84th Congress amended the PHS Act by adding two Parts H. Part II. Legislation not enacted as part of the Public Health Service Act: Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (Public Law 660, (1) Air Pollution Control Research Training, and Technical Assistance (Public Law 159, 84th Congress, as amended). (2) Studies of Motor Vehicle Exhausts (Public Law 86-493). (1) Indian hospital, health, and sanitation facilities (including transfer maintenance and operation of hospital and health facilities for Indians to Public Health Service) (Public Law 568, 83d Congress, (2) Community hospital facilities (Public Law 85-151). (3) Sanitation facilities on Menominee Reservation (Public Law 87- PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT, AS AMENDED TITLE I-SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS SHORT TITLE SEC. 1. Titles I to VII inclusive, of this Act may be cited as the "Public Health Service Act" 1 DEFINITIONS SEC. 2. When used in this Act (a) The term "Service" means the Public Health Service; (b) The term "Surgeon General" means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service; (c) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; 2 (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) The term "State" means a State or the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands, except that as used in section 361(d) such term means a State, or the District of Columbia; 3 (g) The term "possession" includes, among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; (h) The term "seamen" includes any person employed on board in the care, preservation, or navigation of any vessel, or in the service, on board, of those engaged in such care, preservation, or navigation; (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; 1 Sec. 1 was amended by sec. 3 of P.L. 835, 84th Congress, to add Title VII to the six titles of the PHS Act. 2 As presently in force, this subsection reads as follows: "(c) The term 'Administrator' means the Federal Security Administrator." Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953, 67 Stat. 631, abolished the Office of Federal Security Administrator, and, effective April 11, 1953, all functions of that Office were transferred to the Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. For convenience of persons using this compilation, the subsection has been restated as set out above, and each reference in this Act to "Administrator" has been changed to read "Secretary". 3 Subsec. 2(f) amended by subsec. 31(a) and subsec. 47 (d) of P.L. 86-70, effective January 3, 1959; and further amended by subsec. 29(a) and subsec. 47 (f) of P.L. 86–624, effective August 21, 1959. 42 U.S.C. Note 42 U.S.C. 201 3 |