Sec.  54.613   Limitations on supported services for rural health care providers.

   (a) Upon submitting a bona fide request to a telecommunications carrier,
   each eligible rural health care provider is entitled to receive the most
   cost-effective, commercially-available telecommunications service at a rate
   no higher than the highest urban rate, as defined in  Sec. 54.605, at a distance
   not to exceed the distance between the eligible health care provider's site
   and the farthest point on the jurisdictional boundary of the city in that
   state with the largest population.

   (b) This section shall not affect a rural health care provider's ability to
   obtain supported services under  Sec. 54.621.

   [ 64 FR 66787 , NOV. 30, 1999, as amended at  68 FR 74503 , Dec. 24, 2003]