FCC 54.605 Revised as of December 4, 2012
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§ 54.605 Determining the urban rate.
(a) If a rural health care provider requests an eligible service to be
provided over a distance that is less than or equal to the “standard
urban distance,” as defined in paragraph (c) of this section, for the
state in which it is located, the urban rate for that service shall be
a rate no higher than the highest tariffed or publicly-available rate
charged to a commercial customer for a functionally similar service in
any city with a population of 50,000 or more in that state, calculated
as if it were provided between two points within the city.
(b) If a rural health care provider requests an eligible service to be
provided over a distance that is greater than the “standard urban
distance,” as defined in paragraph (c) of this section, for the state
in which it is located, the urban rate for that service shall be a rate
no higher than the highest tariffed or publicly-available rate charged
to a commercial customer for a functionally similar service provided
over the standard urban distance in any city with a population of
50,000 or more in that state, calculated as if the service were
provided between two points within the city.
(c) The “standard urban distance” for a state is the average of the
longest diameters of all cities with a population of 50,000 or more
within the state.
(d) The Administrator shall calculate the “standard urban distance” and
shall post the “standard urban distance” and the maximum supported
distance for each state on its website.
[ 62 FR 32948 , June 17, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 2131 , Jan. 13, 1998;
63 FR 70572 , Dec. 21, 1998; 68 FR 74502 , Dec. 24, 2003]
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