Goto Section: 54.601 | 54.603 | Table of Contents
FCC 54.602
Revised as of September 1, 2021
Goto Year:2020 |
2022
§ 54.602 Health care support mechanism.
(a) Telecommunications Program. Eligible 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 54.602 and 54.603 through
54.606. This support is referred to as the “Telecommunications
Program.”
(b) Healthcare Connect Fund Program. 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 54.607 through 54.618. This support is referred to as the
“Healthcare Connect Fund Program.”
(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 Program 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.
Telecommunications Program
Goto Section: 54.601 | 54.603
Goto Year: 2020 |
2022
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