42 USC 300d-31 - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 31, 2025

§ 300d–31.

Definitions

For purposes of this part and parts A and B:

(1)

Designated trauma center

(2)

State plan regarding emergency medical services

(3)

State

(4)

Trauma

The term “trauma” means an injury resulting from exposure to—

(A)

a mechanical force; or

(B)

another extrinsic agent, including an extrinsic agent that is thermal, electrical, chemical, or radioactive.

(5)

Trauma care component of State plan

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XII, § 1231, as added Pub. L. 101–590, § 3, Nov. 16, 1990,

cite as: 42 USC 300d-31