Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§1616q Exemption From Payment of Certain Fees
Title 25 › CHAPTER 18 — INDIAN HEALTH CARE › SUBCHAPTER I — INDIAN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL › § 1616q
Summary
Tribal health and urban Indian program employees need not pay federal licensing, registration, or similar agency fees like Public Health Service officers and staff.
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Title 25, §1616q
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Employees of a tribal health program or urban Indian organization shall be exempt from payment of licensing, registration, and any other fees imposed by a Federal agency to the same extent that officers of the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and other employees of the Service are exempt from those fees.
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Editorial Notes
Codification section 124 of Pub. L. 94–437 is based on section 113 of title I of S. 1790, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in Dec. 2009, which was enacted into law by section 10221(a) of Pub. L. 111–148.
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25 U.S.C. § 1616q
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102