[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: 42CFR35.8]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 35--HOSPITAL AND STATION MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 35.8  Safekeeping of money and effects; withdrawals.

    (a) A place for the safekeeping of money and effects of patients 
shall be provided at each station or hospital, and an itemized receipt 
therefor shall be furnished to the patient and to any other person who 
places money or effects therein for the benefit of the patient.
    (b) Money and effects may be withdrawn only by or on behalf of the 
patient, by his legally appointed representative authorized to receive 
or dispose of his property (including the money and effects in the 
custody of the station or hospital), or by a person who is authorized, 
under the law of the

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State in which the station or hospital is located, to receive or dispose 
of the patient's money and effects. In any case in which the officer in 
charge has had actual notice of the appointment of a legal 
representative, withdrawals may be made only by such representative or 
in accordance with his written directions. No delivery shall be made 
under this paragraph unless (1) the person receiving the money or 
effects shall sign an itemized receipt therefor, or (2) the delivery is 
witnessed by two persons. The provisions of this paragraph do not 
prohibit withdrawals made necessary by the provisions of this part for 
the disposition of money and effects left by patients on death or on 
departure from the station or hospital, or by the provisions of 
Sec. 35.10.