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FCC 54.605
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 54.605 Determining the urban rate.
(a) If a rural health care provider requests an eligible service to be
provided over a distance that is less than or equal to the “standard urban
distance,” as defined in paragraph (c) of this section, for the state in
which it is located, the urban rate for that service shall be a rate no
higher than the highest tariffed or publicly-available rate charged to a
commercial customer for a functionally similar service in any city with a
population of 50,000 or more in that state, calculated as if it were
provided between two points within the city.
(b) If a rural health care provider requests an eligible service to be
provided over a distance that is greater than the “standard urban
distance,” as defined in paragraph (c) of this section, for the state in
which it is located, the urban rate for that service shall be a rate no
higher than the highest tariffed or publicly-available rate charged to a
commercial customer for a functionally similar service provided over the
standard urban distance in any city with a population of 50,000 or more in
that state, calculated as if the service were provided between two points
within the city.
(c) The “standard urban distance” for a state is the average of the longest
diameters of all cities with a population of 50,000 or more within the
state.
(d) The Administrator shall calculate the “standard urban distance” and
shall post the “standard urban distance” and the maximum supported distance
for each state on its website.
[ 62 FR 32948 , June 17, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 2131 , Jan. 13, 1998; 63 FR 70572 , Dec. 21, 1998; 68 FR 74502 , Dec. 24, 2003]
Goto Section: 54.604 | 54.607
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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