§ 34. — Hospitalization of persons outside continental limits of United States; persons entitled; availability of other facilities; rate of charges; disposition of payments.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 24USC34]
TITLE 24--HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
CHAPTER 1--NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF
FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS
Sec. 34. Hospitalization of persons outside continental limits
of United States; persons entitled; availability of other
facilities; rate of charges; disposition of payments
In addition to those persons, including the dependents of naval and
Marine Corps personnel, now authorized to receive hospitalization at
naval hospitals, hospitalization and dispensary service may be provided
at naval hospitals and dispensaries outside of the continental limits of
the United States and in Alaska, to the officers and employees of any
department or agency of the Federal Government, to employees of a
contractor with the United States or his subcontractor, to the
dependents of such persons, and in emergencies to such other persons as
the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe: Provided, That such
hospitalization and dispensary service to other than the dependents of
naval and Marine Corps personnel shall be permitted only where
facilities are not otherwise available in reasonably accessible and
appropriate non-Federal hospitals. The charge for hospitalization or
dispensary service for persons other than dependents of naval and Marine
Corps personnel as specified in this section shall be at such rates as
the President shall from time to time prescribe, and shall be deposited
as provided in section 32 \1\ of this title.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(May 10, 1943, ch. 95, Sec. 4, 57 Stat. 81.)
References in Text
Section 32 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by act
June 7, 1956, ch. 374, Sec. 306(2), 70 Stat. 254. See section 1071 et
seq. of Title 10, Armed Forces.
Delegation of Functions
Authority of President under this section to prescribe from time to
time uniform rates of charges for hospitalization and dispensary
services delegated to Secretary of Defense, provided, that authority
hereby delegated may not be redelegated to any officer in Department of
the Navy, Department of the Air Force, or Department of the Army, see
Ex. Ord. No. 11609, Sec. 5, July 22, 1971, 36 F.R. 13747, set out as a
note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
Executive Order No. 11116
Ex. Ord. No. 11116, Aug. 5, 1963, 28 F.R. 8075, as amended by Ex.
Ord. No. 11230, June 28, 1965, 30 F.R. 8447, which provided rates of
charges for hospitalization and dispensary services, was revoked by Ex.
Ord. No. 12553, Feb. 25, 1986, 51 F.R. 7237.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 35 of this title.
