Goto Section: 54.601 | 54.603 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.602
Revised as of October 1, 2014
Goto Year:2013 |
2015
§ 54.602 Health care support mechanism.
(a) Telecommunications Program. Rural health care providers may request
support for the difference, if any, between the urban and rural rates
for telecommunications services, subject to the provisions and
limitations set forth in § § 54.600 through 54.625 and § § 54.671
through 54.680. This support is referred to as the "Telecommunications
Program."
(b) Healthcare Connect Fund. Eligible health care providers may request
support for eligible services, equipment, and infrastructure, subject
to the provisions and limitations set forth in § § 54.600 through
54.602 and § § 54.630 through 54.680. This support is referred to as
the "Healthcare Connect Fund."
(c) Allocation of discounts. An eligible health care provider that
engages in both eligible and ineligible activities or that collocates
with an ineligible entity shall allocate eligible and ineligible
activities in order to receive prorated support for the eligible
activities only. Health care providers shall choose a method of cost
allocation that is based on objective criteria and reasonably reflects
the eligible usage of the facilities.
(d) Health care purposes. Services for which eligible health care
providers receive support from the Telecommunications Program or the
Healthcare Connect Fund must be reasonably related to the provision of
health care services or instruction that the health care provider is
legally authorized to provide under the law in the state in which such
health care services or instruction are provided.
[ 78 FR 13982 , Mar. 1, 2013]
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