serious injury

Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.

The term “serious injury” means a significant overall impairment in the position of a domestic industry.

Source

1994–present 19 U.S.C. § 2252Customs Duties · Investigations, determinations, and recommendations by Commission · for purposes of this section

The terms “serious illness” and “serious injury” mean illness or injury, respectively, that—

(i) is life threatening,

(ii) results in permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure, or

(iii) necessitates medical or surgical intervention to preclude permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure.

Source

2013–present 21 U.S.C. § 360IFood and Drugs · Records and reports on devices · in this section

The terms "serious illness" and "serious injury" mean illness or injury, respectively, that—

(i) is life threatening,

(ii) results in permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure, or

(iii) necessitates medical or surgical intervention to preclude permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure.

Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to—

Source

1994–2016 21 U.S.C. § 360IFood and Drugs · Records and reports on devices · in this section

The terms "serious illness" and "serious injury" mean illness or injury, respectively, that—

(i) is life threatening,

(ii) results in permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure, or

(iii) necessitates medical or surgical intervention to preclude permanent impairment of a body function or permanent damage to a body structure.

Subsection (a) shall not apply to—

Source

2016–2018 21 U.S.C. § 360IFood and Drugs · Records and reports on devices · in this section