S.1344: Community Health Center Volunteer Provider Protection Act of 2005

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Community Health Center Volunteer Provider Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to deem volunteer practitioners at health centers as employees of the Public Health Service for purposes of any civil action that may arise due to providing services to patients at such health centers. Defines "volunteer practitioner" as a licensed physician who: (1) at the request of the entity, provides services to patients of a public or...

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
June 30, 2005

Introduced in the Senate by Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

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