### Question
How is the "non-Service health care practitioner" defined?


### Answer
The term **non-Service health care practitioner** is defined in *25 U.S.C. § 1680c* as follows -

> a practitioner who is not—


(A) an employee of the Service

#### Citation:
  - *25 U.S.C. § 1680c*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 18-INDIAN HEALTH CARE > SUBCHAPTER VI-MISCELLANEOUS**

