Proposed amendments to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act would eliminate the requirement that tribal health care professionals be licensed in the state where the tribe is located. The amendment only requires that the professionals be licensed in any one of the 50 states. The language can be found in section 211 of the proposed legislation. This should make it easier for tribal health programs to recruit health care professionals, but it raises a couple of questions:
- Does a tribe need to be operating a PL 93-638 contract or compact in order to come under the provisions of the new licensing requirement?
- If the professional is not licensed in the state where the tribe is located can he or she treat tribal patients in off-reservation facilities?
CEO, Falmouth Institute
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