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type: "LegalText"
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title: "14 U.S.C. § 508"
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description: "Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 14
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title_name: "COAST GUARD"
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chapter_number: "5"
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chapter_name: "FUNCTIONS AND POWERS"
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section: "508"
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citation: "14 U.S.C. § 508"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc14@119-100.zip"
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---
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# 14 U.S.C. § 508 - Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability
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## Text
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(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.
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(b) Described Individuals.— A health-care professional described in this subsection is an individual—
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(1) who is—
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(A) a member of the Coast Guard;
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(B) a civilian employee of the Coast Guard;
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(C) a member of the Public Health Service who is assigned to the Coast Guard; or
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(D) any other health-care professional credentialed and privileged at a Federal health-care institution or location specially designated by the Secretary; and
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(2) who—
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(A) has a current license to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, or another health profession; and
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(B) is performing authorized duties for the Coast Guard.
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(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.
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(Added Pub. L. 115–282, title III, § 305(a), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4245.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Prior ProvisionsA prior section 508 was renumbered section 2711 of this title.
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