{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-900.194","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 900.194","heading":"Does FTCA coverage extend to services provided under a staff privileges agreement with a non-IHS facility where the agreement requires a health care practitioner to provide reciprocal services to the general population?","body":"Yes. Those services are covered, as long as the contractor's health care practitioners do not receive additional compensation from a third party for the performance of these services and they are acting within the scope of their employment under a self-determination contract. Reciprocal services include:\n(a) Cross-covering other medical personnel who temporarily cannot attend their patients;\n(b) Assisting other personnel with surgeries or other medical procedures;\n(c) Assisting with unstable patients or at deliveries; or\n(d) Assisting in any patient care situation where additional assistance by health care personnel is needed.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, AND INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","PART 900—CONTRACTS UNDER THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT","Subpart M—Federal Tort Claims Act Coverage General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"c9350d005b8f4cd5257a34772a7570aac1671cb746fd6e49e397bef119437641","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-900.193","next":"us/25-cfr-900.195"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}