Section 508 - Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability(a) IN GENERAL.-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) DESCRIBED INDIVIDUALS.-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) DEFINITIONS.-In this section, the terms "license" and "health-care professional" have the meanings given those terms in section 1094(e) of title 10.Added Pub. L. 115-282, title III, §305(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4245.EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 508 was renumbered section 2711 of this title.