La Clínica de La Raza, Inc. is a Federally Qualified Health Center Program grantee, under 42 U.S.C. 254b. All providers, including volunteers, are deemed federal employees, with resultant coverage under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
This notice serves to communicate that under federal law relating to the operation of La Clínica, the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) provides the exclusive remedy for damage from personal injury, including death, resulting from the performance of medical, surgical, dental, or related functions within the scope of deemed employment by any volunteer of a deemed health center who the Department of Health and Human Services has deemed to be an employee of the Public Health Service. (See Public Health Service Act subsection 224(q), codified at 42 U.S.C. § 233(q).