{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-124.602","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 124.602","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this subpart:\nAct means the Public Health Service Act, as amended.\nFacility means the an entity that received assistance under title VI or title XVI of the Act and provided a community service assurance.\nFiscal year means facility's fiscal year.\nSecretary means the Secretary of Health and Human Services or his delegatee.\nService area means the geographic area designated as the area served by the facility in the most recent State plan approved by the Secretary under title VI, except that, at the request of the facility, the Secretary may designate a different area proposed by the facility when he determines that a different area is appropriate based on the criteria.\nState agency means the agency of a state fully or conditionally designated by the Secretary as the State health planning and development agency of the State under section 1521 of the Act.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER K—HEALTH RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT","PART 124—MEDICAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION","Subpart G—Community Service"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"df1ebc762abededf84defa59814ec47048acbf163d5bafddf756a4d6f056179c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-124.601","next":"us/42-cfr-124.603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}