[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 42CFR31.2]

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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. 31.2  Persons entitled to treatment.

    To the extent and under the circumstances prescribed in Secs. 31.2 
to 31.10, the following persons shall be entitled to medical, surgical, 
and dental treatment and hospitalization by the Service:
    (a) Coast Guard. (1) Commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, 
warrant officers, cadets, and enlisted personnel of the Regular Coast 
Guard, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty, whether 
on active duty or retired;
    (2) Regular members of the Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty 
or when retired for disability;
    (3) Temporary members of the Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty 
or in case of physical injury incurred or sickness or disease contracted 
while performing active Coast Guard duty;
    (4) Members of the Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard when on active 
duty or when retired for disability;
    (5) Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in case of physical injury 
incurred or sickness or disease contracted while performing active Coast 
Guard duty.
    (b) National Ocean Survey. Commissioned officers, ships' officers, 
and members of the crews of vessels of the National Ocean Survey, 
including those on shore duty and those on detached duty whether on 
active duty or retired.
    (c) Public Health Service. (1) Commissioned officers of the Regular 
Corps of the Service, whether on active duty or retired;
    (2) Commissioned officers of the Reserve Corps of the Service when 
on active duty or when retired for disability.

(Sec. 326, 58 Stat. 697, as amended 42 U.S.C. 253)