2019 US Code
Title 24 - Hospitals and Asylums
Chapter 1 - Navy Hospitals, Army and Navy Hospital, and Hospital Relief for Seamen and Others
Sec. 35 - Limitation of medical, surgical or hospital services

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Citation 24 U.S.C. § 35 (2019)
Section Name §35. Limitation of medical, surgical or hospital services
Section Text

Hospitalization of the dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel and of the persons outside the naval service mentioned in section 34 of this title shall be furnished only for acute medical and surgical conditions, exclusive of nervous, mental, or contagious diseases or those requiring domiciliary care. Routine dental care, other than dental prosthesis and orthodontia, may be furnished to such persons who are outside the naval service under the same conditions as are prescribed in section 34 of this title for hospital and dispensary care for such persons.

Source Credit

(May 10, 1943, ch. 95, §5, 57 Stat. 81; Pub. L. 99–251, title III, §304, Feb. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 26.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1986—Pub. L. 99–251 amended second sentence generally. Prior to amendment, second sentence read as follows: "Dental treatment shall be administered only as an adjunct to inpatient hospital care and shall not include dental prosthesis or orthodontia."

PARTIAL REPEAL; EFFECTIVE DATE

Act June 7, 1956, ch. 374, §306(2), 70 Stat. 254, repealed this section except insofar as it relates to persons outside the Naval Service mentioned in section 34 of this title. Section 307 of act June 7, 1956, ch. 374, 70 Stat. 254, provided that such repeal was effective six months after June 7, 1956.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 24 - HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 24 - HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS
CHAPTER 1 - NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS
Sec. 35 - Limitation of medical, surgical or hospital services
Contains section 35
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 57 Stat. 81
70 Stat. 254
100 Stat. 26
Public Law References Public Law 99-251
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