§136.41. Definitions.
42 C.F.R. § 136.41
For purposes of making appointments to vacancies in all positions in the Indian Health Service, a preference will be extended to persons of Indian descent who are:
Members of any recognized Indian tribe now under Federal jurisdiction;
Descendants of such members who were, on June 1, 1934, residing within the present boundaries of any Indian reservation;
All others of one-half or more Indian blood of tribes indigenous to the United States;
Eskimos and other aboriginal people of Alaska; or
Until January 4, 1990, or until the Osage Tribe has formally organized, whichever comes first, a person of at least one-quarter degree Indian ancestry of the Osage Tribe of Indians, whose rolls were closed by an act of Congress.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 25 U.S.C. 44, 45, 46 and 472; Pub. L. 83-568, 68 Stat 674, 42 U.S.C. 2003.
Source
Source: 64 FR 58321, Oct. 28, 1999, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 67 FR 35342, May 17, 2002.
Authority
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2001 and 2003; 25 U.S.C. 13; and 25 U.S.C. 1621a.