- academic health center
means a school of medicine, a school of osteopathy, or a school of public health, as such terms are defined in section 292a(4) 1 of this title.
- accelerated nursing degree program
means a program of education in professional nursing offered by an accredited school of nursing in which an individual holding a bachelors degree in another discipline receives a BSN or MSN degree in an accelerated time frame as determined by the accredited school of nursing.
- accreditation body
means a body that has been approved by the Secretary under subsection (e)(1)(A) to accredit mammography facilities.
- accredited
has the same meaning as in section 292a(5) 1 of this title.
- accrued annual leave
means the annual leave accruing to an officer during one leave year.
- accumulated annual leave
means unused accrued annual leave carried forward from one leave year into a succeeding leave year, and the term “accrued annual leave” means the annual leave accruing to an officer during one leave year.
- active duty
has the meaning given such term in section 101(18) of title 37, except that such term does not include active duty for training.
- 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;
- additional health services
means services that are not included as required primary health services and that are appropriate to meet the health needs of the population served by the health center involved.
- additional newborn condition
means any condition that is not one of the core conditions recommended by the Advisory Committee and adopted by the Secretary.
- administrative expenses
means funds that are to be used by grantees for grant management and monitoring activities, including costs related to any staff or activity unrelated to services or indirect costs.
- Administrator
means the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration.
- adolescent
means an individual under the age of nineteen;
- adoption organization
means a national, regional, or local organization—
- adult
means an adult as defined by State law.
- adult with a special need
means a person 18 years of age or older who requires care or supervision to—
- advanced degree programs in clinical investigation
means programs that award a master’s or Ph.D. degree in clinical investigation after 2 or more years of training in areas such as the following:
- advanced education nurses
means individuals trained in advanced degree programs including individuals in combined R.N./graduate degree programs, post-nursing master’s certificate programs, or, in the case of nurse midwives, in certificate programs in existence on the date that is one day prior to November 13, 1998, to serve as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse administrators, clinical nurse leaders, or public health nurses, or in other nurse specialties determined by the Secretary to require advanced education.
- advanced research and development
means, with respect to a product that is or may become a qualified countermeasure or a qualified pandemic or epidemic product, activities that predominantly—
- adverse employment action
includes—
- Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines
means the Commission established under section 300aa–19 of this title.
- Advisory Council
means the National Advisory Council on Healthcare Research and Quality established under section 299c of this title.
- affiliation period
means a period which, under the terms of the health insurance coverage offered by the health maintenance organization, must expire before the health insurance coverage becomes effective.
- Agency
means the Environmental Protection Agency.
- aggravating
means, with respect to a health condition, a health condition that existed on September 11, 2001, and that, as a result of exposure to airborne toxins, any other hazard, or any other adverse condition resulting from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, requires medical treatment that is (or will be) in addition to, more frequent than, or of longer duration than the medical treatment that would have been required for such condition in the absence of such exposure.
- aggregate lifetime limit
means, with respect to benefits under a group health plan or health insurance coverage, a dollar limitation on the total amount that may be paid with respect to such benefits under the plan or health insurance coverage with respect to an individual or other coverage unit.
- aging and disability resource center
means an entity administering a program established by the State, as part of the State’s system of long-term care, to provide a coordinated system for providing—
- aging research
means research on the aging process and on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, disorders, and complications related to aging, including menopause.
- agriculture
means farming in all its branches, including—
- AIDS
means acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
- air ambulance service
means medical transport by helicopter or airplane for patients.
- alcohol beverage industry
means the brewers, vintners, distillers, importers, distributors, and retail or online outlets that sell or serve beer, wine, and distilled spirits.
- allied health professionals
means a health professional (other than a registered nurse or physician assistant)—
- alternative dental health care providers
includes community dental health coordinators, advance practice dental hygienists, independent dental hygienists, supervised dental hygienists, primary care physicians, dental therapists, dental health aides, and any other health professional that the Secretary determines appropriate.
- alternative test method
means a test method that—
- ambulatory surgical center
has the meaning applicable to such term under title XVIII of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.].
- American Indian consortium
means a consortium established under subtitle C of title I of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15041 et seq.).
- amount of the loss
means, with respect to a loan, unpaid balance of the principal amount and interest on such loan, less the amount of any judgment collected pursuant to default proceedings commenced by the eligible lender or holder involved.
- annual limit
means, with respect to benefits under a group health plan or health insurance coverage, a dollar limitation on the total amount of benefits that may be paid with respect to such benefits in a 12-month period under the plan or health insurance coverage with respect to an individual or other coverage unit.
- annular injection
means the reinjection of brines associated with the production of oil or gas between the production and surface casings of a conventional oil or gas producing well.
- antimicrobial
includes any antibacterial or antifungal drugs, and may include drugs that eliminate or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms, as appropriate.
- applicable clinical trial
means an applicable device clinical trial or an applicable drug clinical trial.
- applicable committees
means—
- applicable device clinical trial
means—
- applicable drug clinical trial
means a controlled clinical investigation, other than a phase I clinical investigation, of a drug subject to section 355 of title 21 or to section 262 of this title.
- applicable entity
means—
- applicable group purchasing organization
means a group purchasing organization that is affiliated with or under common ownership with an entity providing pharmacy benefit management services.
- applicable premium
means, with respect to any period of continuation coverage of qualified beneficiaries, the cost to the plan for such period of the coverage for similarly situated beneficiaries with respect to whom a qualifying event has not occurred (without regard to whether such cost is paid by the employer or employee).
- applicable requirement
means—
- applicable State authority
means, with respect to a health insurance issuer in a State, the State insurance commissioner or official or officials designated by the State to enforce the requirements of this subchapter for the State involved with respect to such issuer.
- appropriate Congressional committees
means—
- approved clinical trial
means a phase I, phase II, phase III, or phase IV clinical trial that is conducted in relation to the prevention, detection, or treatment of cancer or other life-threatening disease or condition and is described in any of the following subparagraphs:
- approved graduate medical residency training program
means a residency or other postgraduate medical training program—
- area health education center
means a public or nonprofit private organization that has a cooperative agreement or contract in effect with an entity that has received an award under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of section 294a of this title, satisfies the requirements in section 294a(d)(1) of this title, and has as one of its principal functions the operation of an area health education center.
- area health education center program
means 3 cooperative program consisting of an entity that has received an award under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of section 294a of this title for the purpose of planning, developing, operating, and evaluating an area health education center program and one or more area health education centers, which carries out the required activities described in section 294a(c) of this title, satisfies the program requirements in such section,4 has as one of its principal functions identifying and implementing strategies and activities that address health care workforce needs in its service area, in coordination with the local workforce investment boards.
- assisted outpatient treatment
means medically prescribed mental health treatment that a patient receives while living in a community under the terms of a law authorizing a State or local court to order such treatment.
- assisted reproductive technology
means all treatments or procedures which include the handling of human oocytes or embryos, including in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer, zygote intrafallopian transfer, and such other specific technologies as the Secretary may include in this definition, after making public any proposed definition in such manner as to facilitate comment from any person (including any Federal or other public agency).
- associate degree school of nursing
means a department, division, or other administrative unit in a junior college, community college, college, or university which provides primarily or exclusively a two-year program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading to an associate degree in nursing or to an equivalent degree, but only if such program, or such unit, college, or university is accredited.
- at-risk individuals
means children, pregnant women, senior citizens and other individuals who have access or functional needs in the event of a public health emergency, as determined by the Secretary.
- authorized services
means treatment services and supplemental services.
- autoimmune disease
includes, for purposes of this section such diseases or disorders with evidence of autoimmune pathogensis 1 as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
- automated external defibrillator device
means a defibrillator device that—
- auxiliary services
includes mortuary services, veterinary services, and other services that are determined by the Secretary to be appropriate with respect to the needs referred to in subsection (a)(3)(A).
- award
includes a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement determined by the Secretary.
- BARDA
means the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
- basic health services
means— Such term does not include a health service which the Secretary, upon application of a health maintenance organization, determines is unusual and infrequently provided and not necessary for the protection of individual health.
- basic hourly rate
shall mean the regular basic rate of pay which is applicable to such employees for work performed within their regular scheduled tour of duty.
- behavioral and mental health intervention team
means a multidisciplinary team of trained individuals who—
- behavioral and mental health professionals
means health service psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychiatric nurse specialists, and psychiatrists.
- beneficiary
has the meaning given such term under section 3(8) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [29 U.S.C. 1002(8)].
- bidirectional integrated care
means the integration of behavioral health care and specialty physical health care, and the integration of primary and physical health care within specialty behavioral health settings, including within primary health care settings.
- biological product
means a virus, therapeutic serum, toxin, antitoxin, vaccine, blood, blood component or derivative, allergenic product, protein, or analogous product, or arsphenamine or derivative of arsphenamine (or any other trivalent organic arsenic compound), applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition of human beings.
- biospecimen
includes—
- biosurveillance
means the process of gathering near real-time biological data that relates to human and zoonotic disease activity and threats to human or animal health, in order to achieve early warning and identification of such health threats, early detection and prompt ongoing tracking of health events, and overall situational awareness of disease activity.
- blood components
means those constituents of whole blood which are used for therapy and which are obtained by physical separation processes which result in licensed products such as red blood cells, platelets, white blood cells, AHF-rich plasma, fresh-frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, and single unit plasma for infusion;
- blood fractions
means those constituents of plasma which are used for therapy and which are obtained by licensed fractionation processes presently used in manufacturing which result in licensed products such as normal serum albumin, plasma, protein fraction, prothrombin complex, fibrinogen, AHF concentrate, immune serum globulin, and hyperimmune globulins.
- bona fide association
means, with respect to health insurance coverage offered in a State, an association which—
- bone marrow
means the cells found in adult bone marrow and peripheral blood.
- border State
means Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.
- brain-related tumor
means a listed primary tumor (whether malignant or benign) occurring in any of the following sites:
- breach
has the meaning given such term for purposes of the HIPAA regulations.
- breast implant
means a breast prosthesis that is implanted to augment or reconstruct the female breast.
- bridge or degree completion program
means a program of education in professional nursing offered by an accredited school of nursing, as defined in paragraph (2), that leads to a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
- brief intervention
means, after screening a patient, providing the patient with brief advice and other brief motivational enhancement techniques designed to increase the insight of the patient regarding the patient’s alcohol use, and any realized or potential consequences of such use to effect the desired related behavioral change.
- business associate
has the meaning given such term for purposes of the HIPAA regulations.
- cancer cluster
means the incidence of a particular cancer within a population group, a geographical area, and a period of time that is greater than expected for such group, area, and period.
- cardiomyopathy
has the meaning given to such term in section 244a of this title.
- care services
means necessary services for the provision of care to pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents and includes all core services with respect to the provision of such care prescribed by the Secretary by regulation;
- certificate
includes a certificate of waiver issued under paragraph (2).
- certification criteria
means, with respect to standards and implementation specifications for health information technology, criteria to establish that the technology meets such standards and implementation specifications.
- certified EHR technology
means a qualified electronic health record that is certified pursuant to section 300jj–11(c)(5) of this title as meeting standards adopted under section 300jj–14 of this title that are applicable to the type of record involved (as determined by the Secretary, such as an ambulatory electronic health record for office-based physicians or an inpatient hospital electronic health record for hospitals).
- certified monitoring program
means a medical monitoring program—
- certified-eligible WTC survivor
means, subject to paragraph (3), a screening-eligible WTC survivor who the WTC Program Administrator certifies under subparagraph (B) to be eligible for followup monitoring and treatment under this subpart.
- child
means an individual through the age of 21 years.
- child care program
has the meaning given the term “early childhood education program” in section 1003(8) of title 20.
- child with a special need
means an individual less than 18 years of age who requires care or supervision beyond that required of children generally to—
- childhood cancer
refers to a spectrum of different malignancies that vary by histology, site of disease, origin, race, sex, and age.
- children
refers to individuals who are under the age of 18;
- children and adolescents
means individuals who do not exceed 18 years of age.
- children of substance abusers
means—
- church plan
has the meaning given such term under section 3(33) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [29 U.S.C. 1002(33)].
- City
means a city exposed to lead contamination in the local drinking water system.
- civil liability protection law
means a State law offering legal protection to individuals who give aid on a voluntary basis in an emergency to an individual who is ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated.
- Class VI well
means a well described in section 144.6(f) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
- clinical and demographic information
includes—
- Clinical Center of Excellence
means a Center that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the Center—
- clinical investigation
has the meaning given that term in section 312.3 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).
- clinical laboratory
means a facility for the biological, microbiological, serological, chemical, immuno-hematological, hematological, biophysical, cytological, pathological, or other examination of materials derived from the human body for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment of, or the assessment of the health of, human beings.
- clinical research
means patient oriented clinical research conducted with human subjects, or research on the causes and consequences of disease in human populations involving material of human origin (such as tissue specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator or colleague directly interacts with human subjects in an outpatient or inpatient setting to clarify a problem in human physiology, pathophysiology or disease, or epidemiologic or behavioral studies, outcomes research or health services research, or developing new technologies, therapeutic interventions, or clinical trials.
- clinical social worker
has the meaning given the term in section 1395x(hh)(1) of this title.
- clinical trial information
means, with respect to an applicable clinical trial, those data elements that the responsible party is required to submit under paragraph (2) or under paragraph (3).
- clinical workflow
means the integration of automated queries for prescription drug monitoring programs data and analytics into health information technologies such as electronic health record systems, health information exchanges, and/or pharmacy dispensing software systems, thus streamlining provider access through automated queries.
- co-occurring conditions
means one or more adverse health conditions in an individual with HIV/AIDS, without regard to whether the individual has AIDS and without regard to whether the conditions arise from HIV.
- collateral source benefit
means any amount paid or to be paid in the future to or on behalf of the plaintiff, or any service, product, or other benefit provided or to be provided in the future to or on behalf of the plaintiff, as a result of the injury or wrongful death, pursuant to—
- collegiate school of nursing
means a department, division, or other administrative unit in a college or university which provides primarily or exclusively a program of education in professional nursing and related subjects leading to the degree of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of nursing, or to an equivalent degree, or to a graduate degree in nursing, or to an equivalent degree, and including advanced training related to such program of education provided by such school, but only if such program, or such unit, college or university is accredited.
- Committee
means the Advisory Committee established under subsection (c).
- community rating system
means the systems, described in subparagraphs (B) and (C), of fixing rates of payments for health services.
- community water system
means a public water system that—
- completion date
means, with respect to an applicable clinical trial, the date that the final subject was examined or received an intervention for the purposes of final collection of data for the primary outcome, whether the clinical trial concluded according to the prespecified protocol or was terminated.
- comprehensive primary health care services
means the primary health services described in section 254b(b)(1) of this title.
- comprehensive primary health services
means the core services offered by school-based health centers, which shall include the following:
- Comptroller General
means the Comptroller General of the United States.
- construction
has the meaning given that term by section 292a(1) 2 of this title.
- contaminant
means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
- continuation coverage
means coverage under the plan which meets the following requirements:
- continuing care patient
means an individual who, with respect to a provider or facility—
- contracted compensation
means the sum of any ingredient cost and dispensing fee for a drug (inclusive of the out-of-pocket costs to the participant or beneficiary), or another analogous compensation structure that the Secretary may specify through regulations.
- controlled substance
has the meaning given that term in section 802 of title 21.
- core services
means those services which shall be provided by a grantee, as determined by the Secretary by regulation;
- Corps
means the National Health Service Corps.
- Corps member
means each of the officers, employees, and individuals of which the Corps consists pursuant to paragraph (1).
- cost-sharing
includes copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles.
- Council
means the National Drinking Water Advisory Council established under section 300j–5 of this title.
- counseling
means such counseling provided by an individual trained to provide such counseling.
- countermeasure or product
refers to a security countermeasure, qualified countermeasure, or qualified pandemic or epidemic product (as those terms are defined in subsection (a)(1)).
- countermeasures
has the same meaning as the terms “qualified countermeasures” under section 247d–6a of this title, “qualified pandemic and epidemic products” under section 247d–6d of this title, and “security countermeasures” under section 247d–6b of this title.
- covered activities
includes any activity relating to the development, manufacture, distribution, purchase, or storage of a countermeasure or product.
- covered countermeasure
means—
- covered employee
means an individual who is (or was) provided coverage under a group health plan by virtue of the performance of services by the individual for 1 or more persons maintaining the plan (including as an employee defined in section 401(c)(1) of title 26).
- covered entity
has the meaning given such term for purposes of the HIPAA regulations.
- covered grant
means a grant awarded by the Secretary under a program established under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act, other than sections 703 through 707), including any grant administered by the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration under section 1536 of title 21.
- covered individual
means an individual—
- covered injury
means serious physical injury or death.
- covered remedy
means an outcome—
- creditable coverage
means, with respect to an individual, coverage of the individual under any of the following: Such term does not include coverage consisting solely of coverage of excepted benefits (as defined in section 300gg–91(c) of this title).
- critical aquifer protection area
means either of the following:
- Data Center
means a Center that the WTC Program Administrator determines has the capacity to carry out the responsibilities for a Data Center under subsection (a)(2).
- declaration
means a declaration under section 247d–6d(b) of this title.
- default
means the failure of a borrower of a loan made under this part to— except that a loan made under this part shall not be considered to be in default if the loan is discharged in bankruptcy or if the school reasonably concludes from written contacts with the borrower that the borrower intends to repay the loan;
- defaulted principal amount outstanding
means the total amount borrowed from the loan fund of a school that has reached the repayment stage (minus any principal amount repaid or cancelled) on loans—
- dental diseases and conditions
means diseases and conditions affecting teeth and their supporting structures, and other related diseases of the mouth;
- Department
means the Department of Health and Human Services.
- designated biomedical and behavioral research institution
has the meaning indicated for such term in subsection (c)(1).
- designated dental health professional shortage area
means an area, population group, or facility that is designated by the Secretary as a dental health professional shortage area under section 254e of this title or designated by the applicable State as having a dental health professional shortage.
- designated program
has the meaning given such term in subsection (a).
- designated State
means a State described in paragraph (2).
- 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.
- device
means a device as defined in section 321(h) of title 21.
- dietary supplement
has the meaning given the term in section 321(ff) of title 21.
- diploma school of nursing
means a school affiliated with a hospital or university, or an independent school, which provides primarily or exclusively a program of education in professional nursing and allied subjects leading to a diploma or to equivalent indicia that such program has been satisfactorily completed, but only if such program, or such affiliated school or such hospital or university or such independent school is accredited.
- direct care worker
has the meaning given that term in the 2010 Standard Occupational Classifications of the Department of Labor for Home Health Aides [31–1011], Psychiatric Aides [31–1013], Nursing Assistants [31–1014], and Personal Care Aides [39–9021].
- direct graduate medical education costs
has the meaning given such term in section 1395ww(h)(5)(C) of this title.
- Director
means the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Director of NIH
means the Director of the National Institutes of Health.
- disability
has the meaning given such term in section 12102 of this title.
- disadvantaged community
means the service area of a public water system that meets affordability criteria established after public review and comment by the State in which the public water system is located.
- disaster area
means an area in which the President has declared a major disaster (as that term is defined in section 5122 of this title), during the period of such declaration.
- dispense
means to deliver a controlled substance to an ultimate user by, or pursuant to the lawful order of, a practitioner, irrespective of whether the dispenser uses the Internet or other means to effect such delivery.
- dispenser
means a physician, pharmacist, or other person that dispenses a controlled substance to an ultimate user.
- distribution factor
means an amount equal to the living cases of HIV/AIDS (reported to and confirmed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in the eligible area involved, as determined under subparagraph (C).
- distributor
means a person or entity engaged in the distribution of drugs, biologics, or devices, including but not limited to manufacturers;
- donating individuals
has the meaning indicated for such term in subsection (a)(1), subject to subsection (d)(1).
- Down syndrome
refers to a chromosomal disorder caused by an error in cell division that results in the presence of an extra whole or partial copy of chromosome 21.
- drinking water cooler
means any mechanical device affixed to drinking water supply plumbing which actively cools water for human consumption.
- drug
means a drug as defined in section 321(g) of title 21 or a biological product as defined in section 262 of this title.
- 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.
- early intervention
means a strategy or approach that is intended to prevent an outcome or to alter the course of an existing condition.
- early intervention services
means HIV/AIDS early intervention services described in section 300ff–51(e) of this title, with follow-up referral provided for the purpose of facilitating the access of individuals receiving the services to HIV-related health services.
- economic loss
means any pecuniary loss resulting from harm (including the loss of earnings or other benefits related to employment, medical expense loss, replacement services loss, loss due to death, burial costs, and loss of business or employment opportunities) to the extent recovery for such loss is allowed under applicable State law.
- educational institution
means a school or institution of higher education;
- effective period of the Declaration
means the effective period specified in the Declaration, unless extended by the Secretary.
- election period
means the period which—
- electronic case reporting
means the automated identification, generation, and bilateral exchange of reports of health events among electronic health record or health information technology systems and public health authorities.
- elementary school
has the meaning given such term in section 7801 of title 20.
- eligible area
means a metropolitan area meeting the requirements of section 300ff–11 of this title that are applicable to the area.
- eligible child
means a child from birth to not more than 12 years of age who—
- eligible community
means a low-income community with economic hardship that—
- eligible entities
means entities providing prenatal care, labor care, birthing, and postpartum care services in rural areas, frontier areas, or medically underserved areas, or to medically underserved populations or Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations.
- eligible entity
includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Marshall 1 Islands, the Republic of Palau, Indian tribes, a State or local health department, an institution of higher education, or a nonprofit entity with appropriate experience to conduct the activities under this subsection.
- eligible family
means a family described in subsection (a).
- eligible grant recipient
means a public or nonprofit private organization or agency which demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary—
- eligible health center
means an entity that—
- eligible health centers
means public and nonprofit private entities that provide health services to pregnant women.
- eligible high-acuity trauma center
means a Level I trauma center that satisfies each of the following:
- eligible homeless individual
means an individual described in section 290cc–22(a) of this title.
- eligible hospital
means a hospital that the Secretary determines has a high rate of risk adjusted readmissions for the conditions described in section 1395ww(q)(8)(A) of this title and has not taken appropriate steps to reduce such readmissions and improve patient safety as evidenced through historically high rates of readmissions, as determined by the Secretary.
- eligible individual
has the meaning given the term in section 1383(j) of title 33.
- eligible individuals
includes those individuals employed in public and allied health positions at the Federal, State, tribal, or local level who are interested in retaining or upgrading their education.
- eligible institution
means, with respect to a fiscal year, a school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, optometry, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, public health, allied health, or chiropractic, or a graduate program in health administration or behavioral and mental health practice, including clinical psychology.
- eligible lender
means an eligible institution that became a lender under this subpart prior to September 15, 1992, an agency or instrumentality of a State, a financial or credit institution (including an insurance company) which is subject to examination and supervision by an agency of the United States or of any State, a pension fund approved by the Secretary for this purpose, or a nonprofit private entity designated by the State, regulated by the State, and approved by the Secretary.