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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 18 — Indian Health Care

§ 1621t. Licensing

Statutory text

Licensed health professionals employed by a tribal health program shall be exempt, if licensed in any State, from the licensing requirements of the State in which the tribal health program performs the services described in the contract or compact of the tribal health program under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).1

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Indian Health Care Improvement Act

    Pub. L. 94–437 title II § 221 · 90 Stat. 1400

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 1621t

    Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 221, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4559

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 221, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4559

  2. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

    Pub. L. 111–148 title X § 10221(a) · 124 Stat. 119

    Amended · 25 U.S.C. § 1621t

    Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to demonstration of electronic claims processing

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to demonstration of electronic claims processing.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— Except as provided in subsection (b), S. 1790 entitled “A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, and for other purposes.”, as reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate in December 2009, is enacted into law.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–638, , 88 Stat. 2203, which was classified principally to subchapter II (§ 450 et seq.) of chapter 14 of this title prior to editorial reclassification as chapter 46 (§ 5301 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables.

Codification

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–148 is based on section 134(a) 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.

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–148 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to demonstration of electronic claims processing.

Credits

1992–2010 · 2 acts
  1. 1992Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 221, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, , 106 Stat. 4559
  2. 2010amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), , 124 Stat. 935.
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(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 221, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, , 106 Stat. 4559; amended Pub. L. 111–148, title X, § 10221(a), , 124 Stat. 935.)

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