Common use of FREESTANDING Clause in Contracts

FREESTANDING. Not ‘‘institution-affili- ated’’ or ‘‘institution-based.’’ Full-time course of higher education. A complete, progressive series of studies to develop attributes such as knowl- edge, skill, mind, and character, by for- mal schooling at a college or univer- sity, and which meets the criteria set out in § 199.3 of this part. To qualify as full-time, the student must be carrying a course load of a minimum of 12 credit hours or equivalent each semester. General staff nursing service. All nurs- ing care (other than that provided by private duty nurses) including, but not limited to, general duty nursing, emer- gency room nursing, recovery room nursing, intensive nursing care, and group nursing arrangements performed by nursing personnel on the payroll of the hospital or other authorized insti- tution. Good faith payments. Those payments made to civilian sources of medical care who provided medical care to per- sons purporting to be eligible bene- ficiaries but who are determined later to be ineligible for CHAMPUS benefits. (The ineligible person usually possesses an erroneous or illegal identification card.) To be considered for good faith payments, the civilian source of care must have exercised reasonable pre- cautions in identifying a person claim- ing to be an eligible beneficiary.

FREESTANDING. Not ‘‘institution-affili- ated’’ or ‘‘institution-based.’’ Full-time course of higher education. A complete, progressive series of studies to develop attributes such as knowl- edge, skill, mind, and character, by for- mal schooling at a college or univer- sity, and which meets the criteria set out in § 199.3 of this part. To qualify as full-time, the student must be carrying a course load of a minimum of 12 credit hours or equivalent each semester. General staff nursing service. All nurs- ing care (other than that provided by private duty nurses) including, but not limited to, general duty nursing, emer- gency room nursing, recovery room nursing, intensive nursing care, and group nursing arrangements performed by nursing personnel on the payroll of the hospital or other authorized insti- tution. Good faith payments. Those payments made to civilian sources of medical care who provided medical care to per- sons purporting to be eligible bene- ficiaries but who are determined later to be ineligible for CHAMPUS benefits. (The ineligible person usually possesses an erroneous or illegal identification card.) To be considered for good faith payments, the civilian source of care must have exercised reasonable pre- cautions in identifying a person claim- ing to be an eligible beneficiary.pre-