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  2. United States Medical Licensing Examination - Wikipedia

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    Medical Students or Graduates of International Medical Schools: Must be officially enrolled in, or a graduate of, a medical school outside the U.S. and Canada that is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools as meeting the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirements, and must meet all other ...

  3. Federally Qualified Health Center - Wikipedia

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    FQHCs must comply with Section 330 program requirements. [5] In return for serving all patients regardless of ability to pay, the centers receive from the Federal government cash grant, cost-based reimbursement for their Medicaid patients, and malpractice coverage under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). [6]

  4. Medical license - Wikipedia

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    A medical license is an occupational license that permits a person to legally practice medicine.In most countries, a person must have a medical license bestowed either by a specified government-approved professional association or a government agency before they can practice medicine.

  5. Clinical officer - Wikipedia

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    From the Anatomy Act, the legal definition of a medical officer is any public officer who is entitled to be registered as a medical practitioner if he applied under any law in the country: Section 14(1) of the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Act and Section 7(4) of the Clinical Officers Act are the only two laws that can authorize one to ...

  6. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act - Wikipedia

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    The Hill-Burton Act of 1946, which provided federal assistance for the construction of community hospitals, established nondiscrimination requirements for institutions that received such federal assistance—including the requirement that a "reasonable volume" of free emergency care be provided for community members who could not pay—for a period for 20 years after the hospital's construction.

  7. Outpatient department - Wikipedia

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    An outpatient department or outpatient clinic is the part of a hospital designed for the treatment of outpatients, people with health problems who visit the hospital for diagnosis or treatment, but do not at this time require a bed or to be admitted for overnight care. Modern outpatient departments offer a wide range of treatment services ...

  8. Community health centers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    CHCs place great value in being patient-centered. Uniquely in community health centers, at least 51% of all governing board members must be patients of the clinic. This policy creates interesting implications in terms of how "participatory" CHCs are, as governing board members become directly invested in the quality of the clinic.

  9. Clinic - Wikipedia

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    An abortion clinic is a medical facility providing abortion services to women. An ambulatory surgery clinic offers outpatient or same day surgery services, usually for surgical procedures less complicated than those requiring hospitalization. An ultrasound clinic offers medical ultrasound investigations for patients. An ultrasound clinic is ...