Sec.  54.625   Support for services beyond the maximum supported distance for rural
health care providers.

   (a) The maximum support distance is the distance from the health care
   provider to the farthest point on the jurisdictional boundary of the city in
   that state with the largest population, as calculated by the Administrator.

   (b) An eligible rural health care provider may purchase an eligible
   telecommunications service, as defined in  Sec. 54.601(c)(1) through (c)(2), that
   is provided over a distance that exceeds the maximum supported distance.

   (c) If an eligible rural health care provider purchases an eligible
   telecommunications service, as defined in  Sec. 54.601(c)(1) through (c)(2), that
   exceeds the maximum supported distance, the health care provider must pay
   the applicable rural rate for the distance that such service is carried
   beyond the maximum supported distance.

   [ 63 FR 2132 , Jan. 13, 1998, as amended at  63 FR 70572 , Dec. 21, 1998;  68 FR 74504 , Dec. 24, 2003]

Subpart H—Administration