---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 6.4"
title: "42"
number: "6.4"
heading: "Covered individuals."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/6.4"
---

# §6.4. Covered individuals.

- (a) **Officers and employees of a covered entity are eligible for coverage under this part.**
- (b) Contractors of a covered entity who are physicians or other licensed or certified health care practitioners are eligible for coverage under this part if they meet the requirements of [section 224(g)(5)](/cfr/42/224.md?p=g-5) of the Act.
- (c) An individual physician or other licensed or certified health care practitioner who is an officer, employee, or contractor of a covered entity will not be covered for acts or omissions occurring after receipt by the entity employing such individual of notice of a final determination by the Attorney General that he or she is no longer covered by this part, in accordance with [section 224(i)](/cfr/42/224.md?p=i) of the Act.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sections 215 and 224 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 216 and 233.

### Source

Source: 60 FR 22532, May 8, 1995, unless otherwise noted.