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Publication Date: June 2006
Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Research Area: Health
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A 1992 and a 1996 amendment to the Public Health Service Act provide that certain entities and health care practitioners shall be deemed federal employees for purposes of medical malpractice liability. This means that they are immune from such liability, but that the United States may be liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for their medical malpractice. The 1996 amendment took effect only on September 24, 2004.