licensed practitioner
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The terms “licensed health care practitioner”, “licensed practitioner”, and “practitioner” mean, with respect to a State, an individual who is licensed or otherwise authorized by the State to provide health care services (or any individual who, without authority holds himself or herself out to be so licensed or authorized).
Source
- 1996–present42 U.S.C. § 1320AThe Public Health and Welfare · Health care fraud and abuse data collection program · for purposes of this section