Sec. 16005. ### (a)
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## SEC. 16005 ###
(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 Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, or any location designated by the Secretary, regardless of where such health-care professional or the patient is located, so long as the practice is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of such health-care professional. ###
(b)Definition As used in this section, the term “health-care professional” means an individual (other than a member of the Coast Guard, a civilian employee of the Coast Guard, member of the Public Health Service who is assigned to the Coast Guard, or an individual with whom the Secretary, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1091, has entered into a personal services contract to carry out health care responsibilities of the Secretary at a medical treatment facility of the Coast Guard) who— ####
(1)is— #####
(A)an employee of the Department of Homeland Security, #####
(B)a detailee to the Department from another Federal agency, #####
(C)a personal services contractor of the Department, or #####
(D)hired under a Contract for Services; ####
(2)performs health care services as part of duties of the individual in that capacity; ####
(3)has a current, valid, and unrestricted equivalent license certification that is— #####
(A)issued by a State, the District of Columbia, or a Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; and #####
(B)for the practice of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, emergency medical services, or another health profession; and ####
(4)is not affirmatively excluded from practice in the licensing or certifying jurisdiction or in any other jurisdiction. ###
(c)Subsection
(a)shall apply during the incident period of the emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121(b)), and to any subsequent major declaration under section 401 of such Act that supersedes such emergency declaration.
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