[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: 42CFR34.7]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 34--MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF ALIENS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 34.7  Medical and other care; death.

    (a) An alien detained by or in the custody of the INS may be 
provided medical, surgical, psychiatric, or dental care by the Public 
Health Service through interagency agreements under which the INS shall 
reimburse the Public Health Service. Aliens found to be in need of 
emergency care in the course of medical examination shall be treated to 
the extent deemed practical by the attending physician and if considered 
to be in need of further care, may be referred to the INS along with the 
physician's recommendations concerning such further care.
    (b) In case of the death of an alien, the body shall be delivered to 
the consular or immigration authority concerned. If such death occurs in 
the United States, or in a territory or possession thereof, public 
burial shall be provided upon request of the INS and subject to its 
agreement to pay the

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burial expenses. Autopsies shall not be performed unless approved by the 
INS.

[56 FR 25003, May 31, 1991]