[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR1656.20]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XVI--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
 
PART 1656_ALTERNATIVE SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1656.20  Expenses for emergency medical care.

    (a) Claims for payment of actual and reasonable expenses for 
emergency medical care, including hospitalization, of ASWs who suffer 
illness or injury, and the transportation and burial of the remains of 
ASWs who suffer death as a direct result of such illness or injury will 
be paid in accordance with the provisions of this section.
    (b) The term ``emergency medical care, including hospitalization'', 
as used in this section, means such medical care or hospitalization that 
normally must be rendered promptly after occurrence of the illness or 
injury necessitating such treatment. Discharge

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by a physician or facility subsequent to such medical care or 
hospitalization shall terminate the period of emergency.
    (c) Claims will be considered only for expenses:
    (1) For which only the ASW is liable and for which there is no legal 
liability for his reimbursement except in accord with the provisions of 
this section; and
    (2) That are incurred as a result of illness or injury that occurs 
while the ASW is acting in accord with orders of Selective Service to 
engage in travel or perform work for his Alternative Service employer.
    (d) No claim shall be allowed in any case in which the Director 
determines that the injury, illness, or death occurred because of the 
negligence or misconduct of the ASW.
    (e) No claim shall be paid unless it is presented to the Director 
within one year after the date on which the expense was incurred.
    (f) Cost of emergency medical care including hospitalization greater 
than usual and customary fees for service established by the Social 
Security Administration, will prima facie be considered unreasonable. 
Payment for burial expenses shall not exceed the maximum that the 
Administrator of Veteran's Affairs may pay under the provisions of 38 
U.S.C. 902(a) in any one case.
    (g) Payment of claims when allowed shall be made only directly to 
the ASW or his estate unless written authorization of the ASW or the 
personal representative of his estate has been received to pay another 
person.