[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: 42CFR32.87]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 32--MEDICAL CARE FOR PERSONS WITH HANSEN'S DISEASE AND OTHER PERSONS IN EMERGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 32.87  Confirmation of diagnosis.

    At the earliest practicable date, after the arrival of a patient at 
the Service hospital at Carville, Louisiana, or at another hospital of 
the Service the medical staff shall confirm or disprove the diagnosis of 
Hansen's disease. If the diagnosis of Hansen's disease is confirmed, the 
patient shall be provided appropriate inpatient or outpatient

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treatment. If the diagnosis is not confirmed, the patient shall be 
discharged.

[40 FR 25816, June 19, 1975; 40 FR 36774, Aug. 22, 1975]