---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 900.194"
title: "25"
number: "900.194"
heading: "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?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/900.194"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 450f et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 32501, June 24, 1996, unless otherwise noted.