E. Physicians in federal hospitals

There are many physicians performing services in hospitals operated by the Federal Government—military hospitals, Veterans Administration hospitals, and Public Health Service hospitals. Normally the services provided by a physician in a Federal hospital are not reimbursable except when the hospital provides services to the public generally as a community institution. Such a physician working in the scope of Federal employment may be considered as coming within the statutory definition of “physician” even though the individual may not have a license to practice in the State in which the individual is employed.