# Rural Health Care Support Mechanism
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule; petition for reconsideration. · Published 2008-04-10 · Effective 2008-05-12 · 73 FR 19437
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-7635
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 19437
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 54
- **Publication date:** 2008-04-10
- **Effective date:** 2008-05-12
- **FCC docket:** WC Docket No. 02-60, FCC 08-47
## Abstract

In this document, the Commission grants American Telemedicine Association's (ATA) Petition for Reconsideration in part and extends for three years the Commission's prior determination to grandfather those health care providers who were eligible under the Commission's definition of "rural" prior to the Second Report and Order.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/04/10/E8-7635/rural-health-care-support-mechanism)
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