§  54.604   Determining the urban rate.

   (a) Urban rate. An applicant shall use the applicable urban rate
   currently available in the Administrator's database when requesting
   funding. The “urban rate” shall be the median of all available rates
   identified by the Administrator for functionally similar services in
   all urbanized areas of the state where the health care provider is
   located to the extent that urbanized area falls within the state.

   (b) Database. The Administrator shall create and maintain on its
   website a database that lists, by state, the eligible
   Telecommunications Program services and the related urban rate.