§508 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

Summary

Permits certain Coast Guard health workers — Coast Guard members, civilian employees, Public Health Service members assigned to the Coast Guard, and other federally credentialed health workers — to practice anywhere in the U.S., D.C., or U.S. territories despite state licensing rules when the care is part of their Coast Guard duties. They must hold a current license and be performing authorized Coast Guard duties. "License" and "health-care professional" are defined in 10 U.S.C. 1094(e).

Title 14, §508

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the licensure of health-care providers, a health-care professional described in subsection (b) may practice the health profession or professions of the health-care professional at any location in any State, the District of Columbia, or a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, regardless of where such health-care professional or the patient is located, if the practice is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of such health-care professional.

(b)A health-care professional described in this subsection is an individual—

(1)who is—

(A)a member of the Coast Guard;

(B)a civilian employee of the Coast Guard;

(C)a member of the Public Health Service who is assigned to the Coast Guard; or

(D)any other health-care professional credentialed and privileged at a Federal health-care institution or location specially designated by the Secretary; and

(2)who—

(A)has a current license to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or another health profession; and

(B)is performing authorized duties for the Coast Guard.

(c)In this section, the terms “license” and “health-care professional” have the meanings given those terms in section 1094(e) of title 10.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 508 was renumbered section 2711 of this title.

§508 Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability

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Title 14, §508

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