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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 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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