25 U.S.C. § 1616q
Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
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.
25 U.S.C. § 1616q
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.
- Service
- The term "Service" means the Indian Health Service.
- Urban Indian organization
- The term "Urban Indian organization" means a nonprofit corporate body situated in an urban center, governed by an urban Indian controlled board of directors, and providing for the maximum participation of all interested Indian groups and individuals, which body is capable of legally cooperating with other public and private entities for the purpose of performing the activities described in section 1653(a) of this title.1 See References in Text note below.2 So in original. Probably should be followed by a dash.3 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
- tribal health program
- The term "tribal health program" means an Indian tribe or tribal organization that operates any health program, service, function, activity, or facility funded, in whole or part, by the Service through, or provided for in, a contract or compact with the Service under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).1