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  • The term “primary care practitioner” means an individual— (i) who— (I) is a physician (as described in section 1395x(r)(1) of this title ) who has a primary specialty designation o

  • The term “primary care provider” means a clinician who provides integrated, accessible health care services and who is accountable for addressing a large majority of personal healt

  • The term “primary care residency program” has the meaning given that term in section 293 l –1 of this title. / The term “primary care residency program” means an approved graduate

  • The term “primary care resident” means a resident enrolled in an approved medical residency training program in family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, prev

  • The term “primary care services” means services identified, as of January 1, 2009, by the following HCPCS codes (and as subsequently modified by the Secretary): (i) 99201 through 9

  • the term "primary caretaker parent" has the meaning given the term in section 31903 of the Family Unity Demonstration Project Act (34 U.S.C. 12242); / "primary caret

  • The term “primary contract infant formula” means the specific infant formula for which manufacturers submit a bid to a State agency in response to a rebate solicitation under this

  • The term “primary drinking water regulation” means a regulation which— (A) applies to public water systems; (B) specifies contaminants which, in the judgment of the Administrator,

  • The term “primary election” means an election, including a runoff election or a nominating convention or caucus held by a political party, for the selection of delegates to a natio

  • “primary energy source” means the fuel or fuels used for the generation of electric energy, except that such term does not include, as determined under rules prescribed by the Comm

  • The term “primary Federal payment stablecoin regulator” means— (A) with respect to a subsidiary of an insured depository institution (other than an insured credit union), the appro

  • The term “primary financial regulatory agency” means— (A) the appropriate Federal banking agency, with respect to institutions described in section 1813(q) of this title , except t

  • The term “primary health care” means family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, preventive medicine, or osteopathic general practice.

  • The term “primary health services” means— (A) services of physicians, physicians’ assistants, nurse practitioners, and other health professionals; (B) diagnostic laboratory and rad

  • “primary inspection agency” means a State agency or private organization that has been approved by the Secretary to act as a design approval primary inspection agency or a producti

  • The term “primary loan service program” means— (A) loan consolidation, rescheduling, or reamortization; (B) interest rate reduction, including the use of the limited resource progr

  • In subparagraph (C), the terms “metropolitan statistical area”, “consolidated metropolitan statistical area”, and “primary metropolitan statistical area” mean any area designated a

  • The term “primary, middle, and high schools” means schools providing education from kindergarten through 12th grade.

  • In this paragraph, the term "primary mission aircraft inventory" means aircraft assigned to meet the primary aircraft authorization— (i) to a unit for the performance of

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “primary mode of action” means the single mode of action of a combination product expected to make the greatest contribution to the overal

  • The term “primary network station” means a network station that broadcasts or rebroadcasts the basic programming service of a particular national network.

  • The term “primary packaging” refers to the permanent packaging inside of the innermost cellophane or other transparent wrapping and labels, if any. Warnings or other statements sha

  • The term “primary resource values” means resources which are specifically mentioned in the enabling legislation for that field unit or other resource value recognized under Federal

  • The term “primary standard attainment date” means the date specified in the applicable implementation plan for the attainment of a national primary ambient air quality standard for

  • The term "primary State" means, with respect to a covered sports medicine professional, the State in which— (A) the covered sports medicine professional is licensed to pr

  • The term “primary stream” means— (A) the single digital stream of programming as to which a television broadcast station has the right to mandatory carriage with a satellite carrie

  • For purposes of this section, the terms “primary system” and “Federal-aid primary system” mean the Federal-aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any highway which is

  • The term “primary transmission” has the meaning given that term in section 111(f) of this title .

  • The term "prime-age employment gap" means the difference (expressed as a percentage) between— (i) the national 5-year average prime-age employment rate; and (ii) the 5-ye

  • The term "prime contract" has the meaning given such term in section 8701(4) of title 41. / The term “prime contract” means a contract or contractual action entered into

  • The term “prime contractor” means a party that enters into an agreement directly with the United States to furnish part or all of a weapon system. / The term "prime contractor

  • The term “prime contractor employee” means any officer, partner, employee, or agent of a prime contractor. / The term “prime contractor employee” means an officer, partner, employe

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “prime farmland” means prime farmlands and unique farmland as those terms are defined in sections 657.5(a) and (b) of title 7, Code of Fede

  • the term “Prince William Sound” means all State and Federal waters within Prince William Sound, Alaska, including the approach to Hinchenbrook Entrance out to and encompassing Seal

  • In this section, the term “Prince William Sound and its adjacent waters” means such sound and waters as generally depicted on the map entitled “EXXON VALDEZ oil spill dated March 1

  • The term "Prince William Sound Captain of the Port Zone" means the area described in section 3.85–15(b) of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations

  • The term "principal" has the meaning given that term in section 877 of this title (article 77 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). / The term “principal” means (A) i

  • The term “principal campaign committee” means a political committee designated and authorized by a candidate under section 432(e)(1) of this title. / For purposes of this subsectio

  • Definition.—In this section, the term “principal course of instruction” means any course of instruction offered at the Joint Forces Staff College as Phase II joint professional mil

  • Principal credit reporting agency.—The term “principal credit reporting agency” means a consumer reporting agency as described in section 603(p) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (1

  • The term “principal display panel” means that part of a label that is most likely to be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display fo

  • For purposes of this section and sections 1647 and 1665b of this title, the term “principal dwelling” includes any second or vacation home of the consumer.

  • For purposes of subclauses (II) and (III) of subparagraph (B)(v) only, the term “principal finding of neoplastic disease” means the condition established after study to be chiefly

  • the term “principal investor” means the insured depository institution that has the largest dollar amount invested in the equity of a bank service company. In any case where two or

  • “principal officer” means the officer in charge of a diplomatic mission, consular mission (other than a consular agency), or other Foreign Service post;

  • The term “principal or major uses” includes, and is limited to, domestic livestock grazing, fish and wildlife development and utilization, mineral exploration and production, right

  • The term "principal place of business" means the State in which an insurance producer maintains the headquarters of the insurance producer and, in the case of a business

  • The term "principal place of residence" means the State in which an insurance producer resides for the greatest number of days during a calendar year.

  • The term “principal register” refers to the register provided for by sections 1051 to 1072 of this title, and the term “supplemental register” refers to the register provided for b

  • The term “principal shareholder”— (i) means any person that directly or indirectly, or acting through or in concert with one or more persons, owns, controls, or has the power to vo

  • the term “principal underwriter” means any underwriter who, in connection with a primary distribution of securities— (i) is in privity of contract with the issuer or an affiliated

  • The term “principles and requirements” means the principles and requirements contained in the document prepared by the Council on Environmental Quality pursuant to section 1962–3 o

  • The term “principles of scientific research” means principles of research that— (A) apply rigorous, systematic, and objective methodology to obtain reliable and valid knowledge rel

  • the term “printing-related interest” means an interest, direct or indirect, in— (A) the publication of any newspaper or periodical; (B) any printing, binding, engraving, or lithogr

  • "print instructional materials" has the meaning given under section 674(e)(3)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. / The term “print instructional mater

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    The term “prints” means newspapers and periodicals, books, pamphlets, sheet music, visiting cards, address cards, printing proofs, engravings, photographs, pictures, drawings, plan

  • The term “prior approval supplement” means a request to the Secretary to approve a change in the drug substance, drug product, production process, quality controls, equipment, or f

  • The term “prior consent requirement” means the requirement included in the relevant FDA regulations pursuant to section 505(i)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U

  • The term “prior consistent State laws” means State laws, not inconsistent with the Job Training Partnership Act or any other applicable Federal law, that took effect on September 1

  • the term “prior domestic violence or stalking offense” means a conviction for an offense— (A) under section 2261, 2261A, or 2262 of this chapter; or (B) under State or tribal law f

  • The term "Prioritization Framework" means the prioritization framework developed by the Administrator under subsection (b)(1)(A).

  • The term "priority agency" means— (A) a law enforcement agency of a unit of local government that serves a population of not less than 100,000, as computed by the Federal

  • The term “priority area” means a well-defined region on National Forest System land selected by the Secretary under section 583k–3(a) of this title .

  • The term “priority broadband project” means a project designed to— (i) provide broadband service that meets speed, latency, reliability, consistency in quality of service, and rela

  • The term “priority countermeasure” has the meaning given such term in section 247d–6(h)(4) 1 of title 42. / For purposes of this section, the term “priority countermeasure” means a

  • The term “priority defense business system” means a defense business system that is— (A) expected to have a total amount of budget authority over the period of the current future-y

  • The term “priority drugs or biological products” means a drug or biological product that is the subject of a drug or biologics application referred to in section 101(4) of the Food

  • The term “priority flag state” means a country selected in accordance with section 8032(b)(3) of this title — (A) whereby the flagged vessels of which actively engage in, knowingly

  • The term "priority funds" means the difference between— (A) the total funds that are made available under this section to pay the costs described in subsection (a)(2) for

  • The term “priority housing” means target housing that qualifies as affordable housing under section 12745 of this title , including housing that receives assistance under subsectio

  • The term “priority individual” means an individual who— (A) is an eligible individual; (B) has been convicted of a gang-related offense; and (C) has served or is serving a period o

  • The term “priority land” means National Forest System land that, due to an unplanned event— (I) does not meet the conditions for appropriate forest cover described in paragraph (1)

  • The term “priority of service” means, with respect to any qualified job training program, that a covered person shall be given priority over nonveterans for the receipt of employme

  • The term "priority pipeline access" means the first priority of delivery of crude helium under which the Secretary schedules and ensures the delivery of crude helium to a

  • The term “priority project” means an appropriate conservation project conducted on eligible service lands to further 1 or more of the purposes of the Healthy Forests Restoration Ac

  • The term “priority purchaser” means (A) a resident council organized to acquire the housing in accordance with a resident homeownership program that meets the requirements of secti

  • The term “priority region” means a region selected in accordance with section 8032(b)(2) of this title — (A) that is at high risk for IUU fishing activity or the entry of illegally

  • For purposes of this section, the term “priority request” means any request that— (1) is designated as a priority request by the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Hea

  • The term “priority resource concern” means a natural resource concern or problem, as determined by the Secretary, that— (A) is identified at the national, State, or local level as

  • The term “priority review voucher” means a voucher issued by the Secretary to the sponsor of a tropical disease product application that entitles the holder of such voucher to prio

  • The term "priority State" means a State that— (A) is eligible for funding under the State Energy Program; and (B) (i) is among the 15 States with the highest annual per-c

  • The term “priority supplement” means a drug application referred to in section 101(4) of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (111 Stat. 2298).

  • In this subsection, the term “priority watch list” means the priority watch list established by the Trade Representative pursuant to subsection (a).

  • the term "prior sex conviction" means a conviction for which the sentence was imposed before the conduct occurred constituting the subsequent Federal sex offense, and whi

  • Prior Sex Offense Conviction Defined.—In this section, the term “prior sex offense conviction” has the meaning given that term in section 2426(b). / the term "prior sex offens

  • The term “prior slaughter week” means the Monday through Sunday prior to a reporting day.

  • In this subsection, the term "prior studies and decisions" means baseline data, planning documents, studies, analyses, decisions, and documentation that a Federal agency

  • For purposes of this subsection, the term “prior understated inclusion” means the excess (if any) of— (A) the amount which would have been taken into account by the lessor under su

  • the term “prison” means a Federal correctional, detention, or penal facility or any prison, institution, or facility in which persons are held in custody by direction of or pursuan

  • The term "prison-based family treatment program" means a program for incarcerated parents or pregnant women in a correctional facility that provides a comprehensive respo

  • The term “prison education program” means an education or training program that— (i) is an eligible program under this subchapter offered by an institution of higher education (as

  • the term “prisoner” means any person subject to incarceration, detention, or admission to any facility who is accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for

  • The term "prisoner of conscience" means a person who— (A) is imprisoned or otherwise physically restricted solely in response to the peaceful exercise of the human rights

  • As used in subsection (b) of this section, the term "prisoner of war" means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or inducted member of the military or naval force

  • the term “prisoner release order” includes any order, including a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunctive relief, that has the purpose or effect of reducing or limiti

  • The term "prison rape" includes the rape of an inmate in the actual or constructive control of prison officials. / The term “prison rape” includes the rape of an inmate i

  • The term "Privacy Officer" means the Privacy Officer appointed under section 142 of this title.

  • For purposes of this title, the term “private activity bond” means any bond issued as part of an issue— (1) which meets— (A) the private business use test of paragraph (1) of subse

  • For purposes of this section, the term “private and voluntary organization” includes (in addition to entities traditionally considered to be private and voluntary organizations) co

  • The term “private applicator” means a certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide which is classified for restricted use for purposes of producing any agri