---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 157.20"
title: "45"
number: "157.20"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/157.20"
---

# §157.20. Definitions.


The following definitions apply to this part, unless otherwise indicated:

Federally-facilitated SHOP has the meaning given to the term in [§ 155.20](/cfr/45/155.20.md) of this subchapter.

Full-time employee has the meaning given to the term in [§ 155.20](/cfr/45/155.20.md) of this subchapter.

Large employer has the meaning given to the term in [§ 155.20](/cfr/45/155.20.md) of this subchapter.

Qualified employee has the meaning given to the term in [§ 155.20](/cfr/45/155.20.md) of this subchapter.

Qualified employer has the meaning given to the term in [§ 155.20](/cfr/45/155.20.md) of this subchapter.

Small employer has the meaning given to the term in [§ 155.20](/cfr/45/155.20.md) of this subchapter.


## Notes

### Amendments

[77 FR 18474, Mar. 27, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 15539, Mar. 11, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: Title I of the Affordable Care Act, Sections 1311, 1312, 1321, 1411, 1412, Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 199.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 18474, Mar. 27, 2012, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[77 FR 18474, Mar. 27, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 15539, Mar. 11, 2013]