For the purposes of this chapter except as the context may otherwise require—
(d) The term “eligible person” means an individual with respect to whom the following certificates are furnished to the Secretary:
(2)
Either (A) a certificate obtained or transmitted by the Secretary of State that such individual has been legally adjudged insane in a named foreign country, or (B) a certificate of an appropriate authority or person (as determined in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) stating that at the time of such certification such individual was in a named foreign country and was in need of care and treatment in a mental hospital.
(Pub. L. 86–571, § 1, July 5, 1960, 74 Stat. 308; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)