2017 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service
Subchapter I - Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions
Part A - Administration
Sec. 217b - Volunteer services

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 217b (2017)
Section Name §217b. Volunteer services
Section Text

Subject to regulations, volunteer and uncompensated services may be accepted by the Secretary, or by any other officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services designated by him, for use in the operation of any health care facility or in the provision of health care.

Source Credit

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, §223, as added Pub. L. 90–174, §6, Dec. 5, 1967, 81 Stat. 539; amended Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, §2008(h), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 212.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1993—Pub. L. 103–43 substituted "Health and Human Services" for "Health, Education, and Welfare".

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER I - ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Part A - Administration
Sec. 217b - Volunteer services
Contains section 217b
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 81 Stat. 539
107 Stat. 212
Public Law References Public Law 90-174, Public Law 103-43
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