Portability of health care licensure for Federal employees

(a) Portability of licensure for Federal health care professionals Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the licensure of health care providers, a health care professional described in subsection (b) may practice, at any location in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States, the health profession or professions for which the health care professional has a license described in subsection (b)(2), regardless of where such health care professional or the patient involved is located, if the practice is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of such health care professional. (b) Individuals described A health care professional described in this subsection is a Federal employee— (1) who is credentialed and privileged at a Federal health care institution; (2) who has a current license to practice medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, psychology, nursing, therapy, or another health profession; and (3) who is performing authorized duties for the Federal Government to practice the health profession described in paragraph (2) for which such license was issued. (c) Definition of license As used in this section, the term license means a grant of permission by an official agency of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States to provide health care independently as a health care professional and includes, in the case of such care furnished in a foreign country by any person who is not a national of the United States, a grant of permission by an official agency of that foreign country for that person to provide health care independently as a health care professional.