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§ 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, 104 Stat. 2926; amended Pub. L. 102–321, title VI, § 602(2), July 10, 1992, 106 Stat. 436; Pub. L. 103–183, title VI, § 601(f)(4), Dec. 14, 1993, 107 Stat. 2239; Pub. L. 113–152, § 2(a), Aug. 8, 2014, 128 Stat. 1825.)