---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1330.3"
title: "45"
number: "1330.3"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1330.3"
---

# §1330.3. Definitions.


As used in this part:

- (a) Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
- (b) Administrator means the Administrator of the Administration for Community Living.
- (c) Director means the Director of the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.
- (d) **Research—** is classified on a continuum from basic to applied:
  - (1) **Basic research—** is research in which the investigator is concerned primarily with gaining new knowledge or understanding of a subject without reference to any immediate application or utility.
  - (2) **Applied research—** is research in which the investigator is primarily interested in developing new knowledge, information, or understanding which can be applied to a predetermined rehabilitation problem or need.
- (e) **Development activities—** use knowledge and understanding gained from research to create materials, devices, systems, or methods beneficial to the target population, including design and development of prototypes and processes.
- (f) **Products—** encompass models, methods, tools, applications, and devices, but are not necessarily limited to these types.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 709, 3343.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 29159, May 11, 2016, unless otherwise noted.