14 U.S.C. § 508 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 14. Coast Guard § 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--

(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.