{"data":{"id":"us/14-u.s.c.-508","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 U.S.C. § 508","heading":"Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability","body":"(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.","path":["Title 14—COAST GUARD","CHAPTER 5—FUNCTIONS AND POWERS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc14@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:32Z","sha256":"6e3c5a16880657ccfcc5b08651d326df4271b516546cf65ade2a96bd523ea8f7","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/14-u.s.c.-507","next":"us/14-u.s.c.-509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}