Goto Section: 54.613 | 54.617 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.615
Revised as of October 1, 2014
Goto Year:2013 |
2015
§ 54.615 Obtaining services.
(a) Selecting a provider. In selecting a telecommunications carrier, a
health care provider shall consider all bids submitted and select the
most cost-effective alternative.
(b) Receiving supported rate. Upon receiving a bona fide request, as
defined in paragraph (c) of this section, from a rural health care
provider for a telecommunications service that is eligible for support
under the Telecommunications Program, a telecommunications carrier
shall provide the service at a rate no higher than the urban rate, as
defined in § 54.605, subject to the limitations applicable to the
Telecommunications Program.
(c) Bona fide request. In order to receive services eligible for
support under the Telecommunications Program, an eligible health care
provider must submit a request for services to the telecommunications
carrier, signed by an authorized officer of the health care provider,
and shall include that person's certification under oath that:
(1) The requester is a public or non-profit entity that falls within
one of the seven categories set forth in the definition of health care
provider, listed in § 54.601(a);
(2) The requester is physically located in a rural area, or if the
requester is a mobile rural health care provider requesting services
under § 54.609(e), that the requester has certified that it is serving
eligible rural areas;
(3) [Reserved]
(4) The requested service or services will be used solely for purposes
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;
(5) The requested service or services will not be sold, resold or
transferred in consideration of money or any other thing of value;
(6) If the service or services are being purchased as part of an
aggregated purchase with other entities or individuals, the full
details of any such arrangement, including the identities of all
co-purchasers and the portion of the service or services being
purchased by the health care provider; and
(7) The requester is selecting the most cost-effective method of
providing the requested service or services, where the most
cost-effective method of providing a service is defined as the method
that costs the least after consideration of the features, quality of
transmission, reliability, and other factors that the health care
provider deems relevant to choosing a method of providing the required
health care services.
(d) Annual renewal. The certification set forth in paragraph (c) of
this section shall be renewed annually.
[ 62 FR 32948 , June 17, 1997, as amended at 70 FR 6373 , Feb. 7, 2005; 78 FR 13984 , Mar. 1, 2013]
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Goto Section: 54.613 | 54.617
Goto Year: 2013 |
2015
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