---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 300z–1"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "300z–1"
heading: "Definitions; regulations applicable"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/300z-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 6A — Public Health Service"
  - "Subchapter XVIII — Adolescent Family Life Demonstration Projects"
---

# §300z–1. Definitions; regulations applicable

- (a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term—
  - (1) “[Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c)” means the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) of Health and Human [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (2) “eligible person” means—
    - (A) with regard to the provision of [care services](#a-7), a pregnant [adolescent](#a-9), an [adolescent](#a-9) parent, or the family of a pregnant [adolescent](#a-9) or an [adolescent](#a-9) parent; or
    - (B) with regard to the provision of [prevention services](#a-8) and referral to such other [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) which may be appropriate, a nonpregnant [adolescent](#a-9);
  - (3) “eligible grant recipient” means a public or [nonprofit](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=3) private organization or [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) which demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c)—
    - (A) in the case of an organization which will provide [care services](#a-7), the capability of providing all [core services](#a-5) in a single setting or the capability of creating a network through which all [core services](#a-5) would be provided; or
    - (B) in the case of an organization which will provide [prevention services](#a-8), the capability of providing such [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
  - (4) “necessary services” means [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) which may be provided by grantees which are—
    - (A) pregnancy testing and maternity counseling;
    - (B) adoption counseling and referral [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) which present adoption as an option for pregnant [adolescents](#a-9), including referral to licensed adoption [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) in the community if the [eligible grant recipient](#a-3) is not a licensed adoption [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1);
    - (C) primary and preventive health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) including prenatal and postnatal care;
    - (D) nutrition information and counseling;
    - (E) referral for screening and [treatment](/usc/42/11851.md?p=11) of venereal disease;
    - (F) referral to appropriate pediatric care;
    - (G) educational [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) relating to family life and problems associated with [adolescent](#a-9) premarital sexual relations, including—
      - (i) information about adoption;
      - (ii) education on the responsibilities of sexuality and parenting;
      - (iii) the development of material to support the role of parents as the [provider](/usc/42/299b–21.md?p=8) of sex education; and
      - (iv) assistance to parents, [schools](/usc/42/300j–21.md?p=6), youth [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1), and health [providers](/usc/42/299b–21.md?p=8) to educate [adolescents](#a-9) and preadolescents concerning self-discipline and responsibility in human sexuality;
    - (H) appropriate educational and vocational [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
    - (I) referral to licensed residential care or maternity home [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a); and
    - (J) mental health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) and referral to mental health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) and to other appropriate physical health [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a);
    - (K) child care sufficient to enable the [adolescent](#a-9) parent to continue education or to enter into employment;
    - (L) consumer education and homemaking;
    - (M) counseling for the immediate and extended [family members](/usc/42/300gg–91.md?p=d-15) of the [eligible person](#a-2);
    - (N) transportation;
    - (O) outreach [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) to families of [adolescents](#a-9) to discourage sexual relations among [unemancipated minors](#a-10);
    - (P) family planning [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a); and
    - (Q) such other [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) consistent with the purposes of this subchapter as the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may approve in accordance with [regulations](/usc/42/201.md?p=d) promulgated by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c);
  - (5) “core services” means those [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) which shall be provided by a grantee, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) by regulation;
  - (6) “supplemental services” means those [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) which may be provided by a grantee, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) by regulation;
  - (7) “care services” means [necessary services](#a-4) for the provision of care to pregnant [adolescents](#a-9) and [adolescent](#a-9) parents and includes all [core services](#a-5) with respect to the provision of such care prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) by regulation;
  - (8) “prevention services” means [necessary services](#a-4) to prevent [adolescent](#a-9) sexual relations, including the [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) described in subparagraphs [(A)](#a-4-A), [(D)](#a-4-D), [(E)](#a-4-E), [(G)](#a-4-G), [(H)](#a-4-H), [(M)](#a-4-M), [(N)](#a-4-N), [(O)](#a-4-O), and [(Q)](#a-4-Q) of paragraph (4);
  - (9) “adolescent” means an individual under the age of nineteen; and
  - (10) “unemancipated minor” means a minor who is subject to the control, authority, and supervision of his or her parents or guardians, as determined under [State](/usc/42/201.md?p=f) law.
- (b) Until such time as the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) promulgates [regulations](/usc/42/201.md?p=d) pursuant to the second sentence of this subsection, the [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) shall use the [regulations](/usc/42/201.md?p=d) promulgated under title VI of the Health [Services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) and Centers Amendments of 1978 [[42 U.S.C. 300a–21](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(/us/usc/t42/s300a–21)) et seq.] which were in effect on August 13, 1981, to determine which [necessary services](#a-4) are [core services](#a-5) for purposes of this subchapter. The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may promulgate [regulations](/usc/42/201.md?p=d) to determine which [necessary services](#a-4) are [core services](#a-5) for purposes of this subchapter based upon an evaluation of and information concerning which [necessary services](#a-4) are essential to carry out the purposes of this subchapter and taking into account (1) factors such as whether [services](/usc/42/201.md?p=a) are to be provided in urban or rural areas, the ethnic groups to be served, and the nature of the populations to be served, and (2) the results of the evaluations required under [section 300z–5(b) of this title](/usc/42/300z–5.md?p=b). The [Secretary](/usc/42/201.md?p=c) may from time to time revise such [regulations](/usc/42/201.md?p=d).

## Source credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XX, § 2002, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 955(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 580; amended Pub. L. 98–512, § 2(d), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2409.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 95–626, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3551. Title VI of the Health Services and Centers Amendments of 1978 was classified generally to part A (§ 300a–21 et seq.) of subchapter VIII–A of this chapter prior to its repeal by Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 955(b), title XXI, § 2193(f), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 592, 828. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1978 Amendments note set out under section 201 of this title and Tables.

### Amendments

1984—Subsec. (a)(4)(H). Pub. L. 98–512 struck out “and referral to such services” after “vocational services”.