[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR61.1]

[Page 302]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 61--MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS AGAINST MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
OF THE ARMED FORCES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 61.1  Purpose.

    This Directive: (a) Delegates authority, with the power to 
redelegate, to the Secretaries of the Military Departments to provide 
relief to health care personnel of the Department of Defense from 
personal tort liability in connection with their authorized activities, 
and (b) establishes procedures to be followed in providing such relief.