§  54.613   Limitations on supported services for rural health care
providers.

   (a) Upon submitting a bona fide request to a telecommunications
   carrier, each eligible rural health care provider is entitled to
   receive the most cost-effective, commercially-available
   telecommunications service at a rate no higher than the highest urban
   rate, as defined in § 54.605, at a distance not to exceed the distance
   between the eligible health care provider's site and the farthest point
   on the jurisdictional boundary of the city in that state with the
   largest population.

   (b) This section shall not affect a rural health care provider's
   ability to obtain supported services under § 54.621.

   [ 64 FR 66787 , NOV. 30, 1999, as amended at  68 FR 74503 , Dec. 24, 2003]