General provisions

For purposes of this part: The term “covered countermeasure” means a covered countermeasure as specified in a Declaration made pursuant to section 233(p) of this title. The term “covered individual” means an individual— The term “covered injury” means an injury, disability, illness, condition, or death (other than a minor injury such as minor scarring or minor local reaction) determined, pursuant to the procedures established under section 239a of this title, to have been sustained by an individual as the direct result of— accidental vaccinia inoculation of the individual in circumstances in which— The term “Declaration” means the Declaration Regarding Administration of Smallpox Countermeasures issued by the Secretary on January 24, 2003, and published in the Federal Register on January 28, 2003. The term “effective period of the Declaration” means the effective period specified in the Declaration, unless extended by the Secretary. The term “eligible individual” means an individual who is (as determined in accordance with section 239a of this title)— The term “smallpox emergency response plan” or “plan” means a response plan detailing actions to be taken in preparation for a possible smallpox-related emergency during the period prior to the identification of an active case of smallpox either within or outside the United States. The Secretary shall ensure that a State, local, or Department of Health and Human Services plan to vaccinate individuals that is approved by the Secretary establishes procedures to ensure, consistent with the Declaration and any applicable guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that—