[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR31.1]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 31--MEDICAL CARE FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL OF THE COAST GUARD, NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, AND FORMER LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 31.1  Meaning of terms.

    As used in this part, the term:
    (a) Act means the Public Health Service Act, approved July 1, 1944, 
58 Stat. 682, as amended.
    (b) Service means the Public Health Service.
    (c) Surgeon General means the Surgeon General of the Public Health 
Service.
    (d) Medical relief station means a first-, second-, third-, or 
fourth-class station of the Service.
    (e) First-class stations means a hospital operated by the Service.
    (f) Second-class station means a medical relief facility, other than 
a hospital of the Service, under the charge of a commissioned officer.
    (g) Third-class station means a medical relief facility, other than 
a hospital of the Service, under the charge of a medical officer or 
employee of the Service other than a commissioned officer.
    (h) Fourth-class station means a medical relief facility designated 
by the Surgeon General, other than a first-, second-, or third-class 
station.
    (i) Designated physician means a physician holding an appointment to 
act regularly for the Service for a class or classes of specified 
beneficiaries at a place where there is no medical relief station.
    (j) Designated dentist means a dentist holding an appointment to 
perform dental service for the Service for a class or classes of 
specified beneficiaries.
    (k) Active duty means active duty status as distinguished from being 
on inactive status or retired and includes periods of authorized leave 
or liberty.
    (l) Dependent members of families in the case of male personnel 
means the lawful wife, the unmarried children (including stepchildren or 
adopted children) under 21 years of age, and the father or mother if in 
fact dependent upon such son for his or her chief support; and in the 
case of female personnel, the unmarried children (including stepchildren 
or adopted children) under 21 years of age if their father is dead or 
they are in fact dependent on such mother for their chief support, the 
father or mother if in fact dependent upon such daughter for his or her 
chief support, and the husband if in fact dependent upon such wife for 
his chief support: Provided, however, That in the case of members of the 
Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard the husbands of such members shall 
not be considered dependents.

(Sec. 215, 58 Stat. 690, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 216)

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 Provisions Applicable to Coast Guard, National Ocean Survey and Public 
                             Health Service