---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 54.600"
title: "47"
number: "54.600"
heading: "Terms and definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/54.600"
---

# §54.600. Terms and definitions.


As used in this subpart, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

- (a) **Funding year.** A “funding year” for purposes of the funding cap shall be the period between July 1 of the current calendar year through June 30 of the next calendar year.
- (b) **Health care provider.** A “health care provider” is any:
  - (1) Post-secondary educational institution offering health care instruction, including a teaching hospital or medical school;
  - (2) Community health center or health center providing health care to migrants;
  - (3) Local health department or agency;
  - (4) Community mental health center;
  - (5) Not-for-profit hospital;
  - (6) Rural health clinic;
  - (7) Skilled nursing facility (as defined in [section 395i-3(a)](/usc/42/395i-3.md?p=a) of Title 42); or a
  - (8) Consortium of health care providers consisting of one or more entities described in [paragraphs (b)(1) through (7)](#b-1..b-7) in this section.
- (c) **Off-site administrative office.** An “off-site administrative office” is a facility that does not provide hands-on delivery of patient care but performs administrative support functions that are critical to the provision of clinical care by eligible health care providers.
- (d) **Off-site data center.** An “off-site data center” is a facility that serves as a centralized repository for the storage, management, and dissemination of an eligible health care provider's computer systems, associated components, and data, including (but not limited to) electronic health records.
- (e) **Rural area.** A “rural area” is an area that is entirely outside of a Core Based Statistical Area; is within a Core Based Statistical Area that does not have any Urban Area with a population of 25,000 or greater; or is in a Core Based Statistical Area that contains an Urban Area with a population of 25,000 or greater, but is within a specific census tract that itself does not contain any part of a Place or Urban Area with a population of greater than 25,000. For purposes of this rule, “Core Based Statistical Area,” “Urban Area,” and “Place” are as identified by the Census Bureau.
- (f) **Rural health care provider.** A “rural health care provider” is an eligible health care provider site located in a rural area.
- (g) **Urbanized area.** An “urbanized area” is an area with 50,000 or more people as designated by the Census Bureau based on the most recent decennial Census.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 84 FR 54979, Oct. 11, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(i), 155, 201, 205, 214, 219, 220, 229, 254, 303(r), 403, 1004, 1302, 1601-1609, and 1752, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 32948, June 17, 1997, unless otherwise noted.