Sec. 212. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 212 DEFINITIONS **[**[34 U.S.C. 20302](/us/usc/t34/s20302)**]** For purposes of this subtitle— ####
(1)the term “**Administrator**” means the agency head designated under section 201(b) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11111(b)); ####
(2)the term “**applicant**” means a child protective service, law enforcement, legal, medical and mental health agency or other agency that responds to child abuse cases; ####
(3)the term “**census region**” means 1 of the 4 census regions (northeast, south, midwest, and west) that are designated as census regions by the Bureau of the Census as of the date of enactment of this section; ####
(4)the term “**child abuse**” means physical or sexual abuse or neglect of a child, including human trafficking and the production of child pornography; ####
(5)the term “**multidisciplinary response to child abuse**” means a coordinated team1 response to child abuse that is based on mutually agreed upon procedures among the community agencies and professionals involved in the intervention, prevention, prosecution, and investigation systems that best meets the needs of child victims and their nonoffending family members; 1Section 3(2)(A) of Public Law 117–354, which directed the insertion of “**coordinated team**” before “**response**” was carried out by inserting such phrase before “**response to child abuse that is based**” to reflect the probable intent of Congress. ####
(6)the term “**nonoffending family member**” means a member of the family of a victim of child abuse other than a member who has been convicted or accused of committing an act of child abuse; ####
(7)the term “**regional children's advocacy program**” means the children's advocacy program established under section 213(a); and ####
(8)the term “**State chapter**” means a membership organization that provides technical assistance, training, coordination, grant administration, oversight, and organizational capacity support to local children's advocacy centers, multidisciplinary teams, and communities working to implement a multidisciplinary response to child abuse in the provision of evidence-informed initiatives, including mental health counseling, forensic interviewing, multidisciplinary team coordination, and victim advocacy.
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