14 U.S.C. § 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—
- (1)who is—
- (c)In this section, the terms “license” and “health-care professional” have the meanings given those terms in section 1094(e) of title 10.