Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 25 - Indians last revised: Mar 21, 2025
§ 900.194 - Does FTCA coverage extend to services provided under a staff privileges agreement with a non-IHS facility where the agreement requires a health care practitioner to provide reciprocal services to the general population?

Yes. Those services are covered, as long as the contractor's health care practitioners do not receive additional compensation from a third party for the performance of these services and they are acting within the scope of their employment under a self-determination contract. Reciprocal services include:

(a) Cross-covering other medical personnel who temporarily cannot attend their patients;

(b) Assisting other personnel with surgeries or other medical procedures;

(c) Assisting with unstable patients or at deliveries; or

(d) Assisting in any patient care situation where additional assistance by health care personnel is needed.

authority: 25 U.S.C. 450f
source: 61 FR 32501, June 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 25 CFR 900.194