[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 28, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 28CFR43.1]

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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (Continued)
 
PART 43--RECOVERY OF COST OF HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT FURNISHED BY THE UNITED STATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 43.1  Administrative determination and assertion of claims.

    (a) The head of a Department or Agency of the United States 
responsible for the furnishing of hospital, medical, surgical or dental 
care and treatment (including prostheses and medical appliances), or his 
designee, shall determine whether such hospital, medical, surgical or 
dental care and treatment was or will be furnished for an injury or 
disease caused under circumstances entitling the United States to 
recovery under the Act of September 25, 1962 (Pub. L. 87-693); and, if 
it is so determined, shall, subject to the provisions of Sec. 43.3, 
assert a claim against such third person for the reasonable value of 
such care and treatment. The Department of Justice, or a Department or 
Agency responsible for the furnishing of such care and treatment may 
request any other Department or Agency to investigate, determine, or 
assert a claim under the regulations in this part.
    (b) Each Department or Agency is authorized to implement the 
regulations in this part to give full force and effect thereto.
    (c) The provisions of the regulations in this part shall not apply 
with respect to hospital, medical, surgical, or dental care and 
treatment (including prostheses and medical appliances) furnished by the 
Veterans Administration to an eligible veteran for a service-connected 
disability under the provisions of chapter 17 of title 38 of the U.S. 
Code.

[Order No. 289-62, 27 FR 11317, Nov. 16, 1962]