2017 US Code
Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 563 - Hospitalization and Medical Care
Sec. 6203 - Emergency medical treatment: reimbursement for expense

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Citation 10 U.S.C. § 6203 (2017)
Section Name §6203. Emergency medical treatment: reimbursement for expense
Section Text

The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations for reimbursing members of the naval service for expenses of emergency or necessary medical service, including hospitalization and medicines, when the member was in a duty status at the time he received the service and the service was not available from a Federal source. For the purpose of this section, a member on leave or liberty is in a duty status.

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(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 387.)

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
6203 34 U.S.C. 921a. May 4, 1948, ch. 254, §2, 62 Stat. 208.
  34 U.S.C. 921b. May 4, 1948, ch. 254, §3, 62 Stat. 208.

The word "shall" is substituted for the words "authorized and directed to". The word "members" is substituted for the word "persons". The words "from civilian sources" are omitted as surplusage. The word "hospitalization" is substituted for the words "hospital service". In the second sentence, the word "authorized" is omitted as surplusage.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 10 - ARMED FORCES
Subtitle C - Navy and Marine Corps
PART II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 563 - HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL CARE
Sec. 6203 - Emergency medical treatment: reimbursement for expense
Contains section 6203
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 62 Stat. 208
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