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the term “health care visit”— (A) means a visit, as determined by the Director, by a prisoner to an institutional or noninstitutional health care provider; and (B) does not include

The term “health care workforce” includes all health care providers with direct patient care and support responsibilities, such as physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, primary

For purposes of this section, the term “health center” means an entity that serves a population that is medically underserved, or a special medically underserved population compris

The term “health disparities research” means basic, clinical, and behavioral research on health disparity populations (including individual members and communities of such populati

The term “health disparity population” means a population that, as determined by the Secretary, has a significant disparity in the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, mo

The term “health education and training center” means an entity that is a recipient of an award under paragraph (1).

The term “Health Extension Agent” means any local, community-based health worker who facilitates and provides assistance to primary care practices by implementing quality improveme

The term “health facility” means an Indian health service center, a Native Hawaiian health center, a hospital, a federally qualified health center, a rural health clinic, a nursing

The term “health home” means a designated provider (including a provider that operates in coordination with a team of health care professionals) or a health team selected by an eli

The term “health home services” means comprehensive and timely high-quality services described in subparagraph (B) that are provided by a designated provider, a team of health care

The term “health information” means any information, whether oral or recorded in any form or medium, that— (A) is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, public

The term “health information technology” means hardware, software, integrated technologies or related licenses, intellectual property, upgrades, or packaged solutions sold as servi

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “health insurance coverage” means benefits consisting of medical care (provided directly, through insurance or reimbursement, or ot

The term “health insurance issuer” means an insurance company, insurance service, or insurance organization (including a health maintenance organization, as defined in paragraph (3

The term “health literacy” means the degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, communicate, process, and understand health information and services in order to make

The term “health maintenance organization” means— (A) a federally qualified health maintenance organization (as defined in section 1301(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.

The term "Health MAP" means the Marine Mammal Health Monitoring and Analysis Platform established under section 1421f–2(a)(1) of this title.

For purposes of this section, the term “health opportunity account” means an account that meets the requirements of this subsection.

The terms "health care clearinghouse", "health care provider", and "health plan" have the meanings given such terms in section 160.103 of title 45, Co

The term “health-plan contract” includes any of the following: (A) An insurance policy or contract, medical or hospital service agreement, membership or subscription contract, or s

The term “health problem” means a disease or medical ailment or an environmental condition that poses the risk of disease or medical ailment. The term includes diseases, ailments,

The term “Health profession” means allopathic medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, geriatric medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, podiatric medicine, nursing,

For purposes of this paragraph the term “health professional” means physicians, dentists, nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, and such other individuals engaged in the delivery of h

The term “health professionals” includes— (A) dentists, dental hygienists, primary care providers, specialty physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psycholo

The term "health professional shortage area" means a health professional shortage area designated under section 254e of this title. / The term "health professional s

In this subsection, the term “health professions officer” means an officer or enlisted member of the Coast Guard in good standing who is— (A) a physician, surgeon, medical speciali

The term “health professions school” means, except as provided in subparagraph (B), a school of medicine, a school of osteopathic medicine, a school of dentistry, a school of pharm

The term “health program administered directly by the Indian Health Service” means a “health program administered by the Service” 2 as such term is used in section 1603(12)(A) of t

The term “health promotion” means any activity for— (A) fostering social, economic, environmental, and personal factors conducive to health, including raising public awareness rega

The term “health-related activities” means advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities that result in individuals with developmental disabilities having access to a

The term “health-related tasks” means specific tasks related to the needs of an individual, which can be delegated or assigned by licensed health-care professionals under State law

the term “health research” shall include, but not be limited to, research, investigations, and studies relating to causes and methods of prevention of accidents, including but not

The term “health savings account” means a trust created or organized in the United States as a health savings account exclusively for the purpose of paying the qualified medical ex

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “health services research” means research endeavors that study the impact of the organization, financing and management of health services

The term “health status and resource deficiency” means the extent to which— (A) the health status objectives set forth in sections 1602(1) and 1602(2) of this title are not being a

The term "health status-related factor" means any of the factors described in section 1182(a)(1) of this title. / The term “health status-related factor” means any of the

The term “health system” means a collection of hospitals that are owned and operated by the same entity and that share access to databases with drug order information for their pat

The term “health systems agency” means an entity which is designated in accordance with section 300 l –4 of this title.

The term “health team” has the meaning given such term for purposes of section 256a–1 of this title . / The term “health team” has the meaning given such term for purposes of secti

In clause (ii), the term “healthy marriage promotion activities” means the following: (I) Public advertising campaigns on the value of marriage and the skills needed to increase ma

The term “ Healy ” means Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20).

the term "hearing examiner" includes any medical or claims examiner; / the term “hearing examiner” includes any medical or claims examiner.

The term “hearing officer” means an individual employed by the Division who hears and determines appeals of adverse decisions by any agency. / In this subsection, the term "He

The term “heart diseases” means diseases of the heart and circulation;

The terms “heat pump” or “reverse cycle” mean a product, other than a packaged terminal heat pump, which— (A) consists of one or more assemblies; (B) is powered by single phase ele

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "heat rate" means the amount of energy used by the qualified facility to generate 1 kilowatt hour of electricity, expressed as

the term “heave to” means to cause a vessel to slow, come to a stop, or adjust its course or speed to account for the weather conditions and sea state to facilitate a law enforceme

For purposes of this subchapter the term “heavy bodied blending wine” means wine made from fruit without added sugar, and with or without added wine spirits, and conforming to the

The term “heavy-duty truck” has the meaning given the term “heavy duty vehicle” in section 7521 of this title .

The term “heavy-duty vehicle” means a vehicle that— (A) has a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 8,500 pounds; and (B) is powered by a diesel engine. / The term “heavy-duty v

The term “heavy maintenance work” means a C-check, a D-check, or equivalent maintenance operation with respect to the airframe of a transport-category aircraft (including on-wing a

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “heavy oil” means domestic crude oil produced from any property if such crude oil had a weighted average gravity of 20 degrees API or less

The term “heavy petroleum fuel oil” means number 4, 5, or 6 fuel oil which is domestically refined.

The terms "passenger vehicle", "light truck", and "heavy truck" have the meanings given those terms in article 1 of the automotive appendix.

The term “hedge” means any position which manages the dealer's risk of interest rate or price changes or currency fluctuations, including any position which is reasonably expected

For purposes of this subsection, the term “hedge bond” means any bond issued as part of an issue unless— (i) the issuer reasonably expects that 85 percent of the spendable proceeds

The terms “hedge fund” and “private equity fund” mean an issuer that would be an investment company, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.), bu

The term “hedging loss” means the excess of— (i) the deductions allowable under this chapter for the taxable year attributable to hedging transactions (determined without regard to

For purposes of this section, the term “hedging transaction” means any transaction entered into by the taxpayer in the normal course of the taxpayer's trade or business primarily—

“heirs of the first or second degree” means parents, children, grandchildren, grandparents, brothers and sisters of a decedent. 2

the terms “Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults who are Deaf-Blind” and “Center” mean the Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults who are Deaf-Blind, and i

the term “Helsinki Commission” means the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe established under the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Commission on Security and Coope

The term “hemiplegia” means the complete and irreversible paralysis of the upper and lower limbs on one side of the body.

The term “hemp” has the meaning given the term in section 1639 o of this title. / The term "hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including

The term “hen” or “laying hen” means a domesticated female chicken twenty weeks of age or over, raised primarily for the production of commercial eggs.

For purposes of this section, the term “herbicide agent” means a chemical in an herbicide used in support of the United States and allied military operations in the Republic of Vie

"herd" means one or more stallions and his mares; and 1

the term “Heye Foundation assets” means the collections, endowment, and all other property of the Heye Foundation (other than the interest of the Heye Foundation in Audubon Terrace

the term “Heye Museum” means the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation;

The Administrator shall promptly establish at least one testing center (in addition to the testing centers existing on November 15, 1990) located at a site that represents high alt

The term "high-assay low-enriched uranium" means uranium having an assay greater than 5.0 weight percent and less than 20.0 weight percent of the uranium-235 isotope. / T

The terms "high causal evidence rating" and "moderate causal evidence rating" shall have the meaning given such terms by the Secretary of Labor.

High consequence area defined.—For purposes of this subsection, the term "high consequence area" has the meaning given that term in section 195.450 of title 49, Code of F

The term "high-consequence plant transboundary disease" means a transboundary disease that is— (A) (i) a plant disease; or (ii) a plant pest; and (B) of high consequence,

The term “high-consequence target” means a property, natural resource, location, area, or other target designated by the Secretary that is a viable terrorist target of national sig

The term "high-cost area" means an unserved area in which the cost of building out broadband service is higher, as compared with the average cost of building out broadban

For the purposes of this section, the term "high-cost contract care cases" means those cases in which the cost of the medical treatment provided to an individual—

the term "high-cost programs" means— (i) the program for Universal Service Support for High-Cost Areas set forth under subpart D of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal R

The term "high-cost region" means a region in which the average cost of electrical power or heat exceeds 150 percent of the national average retail cost, as determined by

The term “high deductible health plan” means a health plan— (i) in the case of self-only coverage, which has an annual deductible which is not less than $1,500 and not more than $2

The term “high definition television” refers to systems that offer approximately twice the vertical and horizontal resolution of receivers generally available on February 8, 1996,

In this section, the term “high-demand, low-density military capability” means a combat, combat support or service support capability, unit, system, or occupational specialty that

High density airport.—The term “high density airport” means an airport at which the Administrator limits the number of instrument flight rule takeoffs and landings of aircraft.

The term "high-efficiency electric home rebate program" means a rebate program carried out by a State energy office or Indian Tribe pursuant to subsection (c) using a gra

"high-end computing" means the most advanced and capable computing systems, including their hardware, storage, networking and software, encompassing both massive computat

The term “high-end computing system” means a computing system with performance that substantially exceeds that of systems that are commonly available for advanced scientific and en

The term "high-enriched uranium" means uranium with an assay of 20.0 weight percent or more of the uranium-235 isotope.

For purposes of this section, the term “higher-risk mortgage” means a residential mortgage loan, other than a reverse mortgage loan that is a qualified mortgage, as defined in sect

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “higher wage index area” means, with respect to a county, an area with a wage index that exceeds that of the county.

The term “higher yielding investments” means any investment property which produces a yield over the term of the issue which is materially higher than the yield on the issue.

For purposes of this chapter, the terms “State court”, “State courts”, and “highest court of a State” include the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

The term “highest home energy needs” means the home energy requirements of a household determined by taking into account both the energy burden of such household and the unique sit

In this section, the term “highest permanent grade” means a grade at or below the grade of major general in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, or rear admiral in th

The term “highest rate” means— (I) the highest rate of tax specified in section 11, or (II) if at all times during the year involved more than 50 percent of the interests in the en

The term “high exposure level” means a level of exposure to a substance of concern that is for such a duration, or of such a magnitude, that adverse effects on human health can be

The term "high hazard potential dam" means a dam assigned to the significant or high hazard potential classification under the guidelines published by the Federal Emergen

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “high housing cost area” means any statistical area for which the housing cost/income ratio is greater than 1.2.

The term “high impact service provider” means an agency program identified by the Director due to the scale and impact of the public-facing services of the program.

The term “high intensity discharge lamp” means an electric-discharge lamp in which— (i) the light-producing arc is stabilized by the arc tube wall temperature; and (ii) the arc tub

For purposes of this subsection, the term “high intensity motorbus” means public transportation that is provided on a facility with access for other high-occupancy vehicles.