Sec. 5207. Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability
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Chapter 5 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding any 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 are located, if the practice is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of such health-care professional. A health-care professional described in this subsection is an individual— who is— a member of the Coast Guard; a civilian employee of the Coast Guard; a member of the Public Health Service who is assigned to the Coast Guard; a personal services contractor under section 1091 of title 10; or any other health-care professional credentialed and privileged at a Federal health-care institution or location specially designated by the Secretary; and who— has a current license to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or another health profession; and is performing authorized duties for the Coast Guard. In this section each of the terms license and health-care professional has the meaning that term has in section 1094(e) of title 10. . The analysis for such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following: 104. Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability. .