[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR728.3]

[Page 290-291]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 728_MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE FOR ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT NAVY MEDICAL 
DEPARTMENT FACILITIES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 728.3  General restrictions and priorities.

    (a) Restrictions. (1) Naval MTFs provide care to all eligible 
beneficiaries subject to the capabilities of the professional staff and 
the availability of space and facilities.
    (2) Hospitalization and outpatient services may be provided outside 
the continental limits of the United States and in Alaska to officers 
and employees of any department or agency of the Federal Government, to 
employees of a contractor with the United States or the contractor's 
subcontractor, to accompanying dependents of such persons, and in 
emergencies to such other persons as the Secretary of the Navy may 
prescribe: Provided, such services are not otherwise available in 
reasonably accessible and appropriate non-Federal facilities. 
Hospitalization of such individuals in a naval MTF is limited to the 
treatment of acute medical and surgical conditions, exclusive of 
nervous, mental, or contagious diseases, or those requiring domiciliary 
care. Routine dental care, other than dental prosthesis or orthodontia, 
may be rendered on a space available basis outside the continental 
limits of the United States and in Alaska, Provided, such services are 
not otherwise available in reasonably accessible and appropriate non-
Federal facilities.
    (b) Priorities. When care cannot be rendered to all eligible 
beneficiaries, the priorities in the following chart will prevail. Make 
no distinction as to the sponsoring uniformed service when providing 
care or deciding priorities.

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   Priorities for the Various Categories of Personnel Eligible for Care in Navy Medical Department Facilities
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                Priority                               Category                      Degree of entitlement
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1......................................  A. Members of the uniformed          See subpart B.
                                          services on active duty (including
                                          active duty for training and
                                          inactive duty training) and
                                          comparable personnel of the NATO
                                          nations meeting the conditions
                                          prescribed in this part.
                                         B. Members of a Reserve Component    See subpart C.
                                          of the Armed Forces and National
                                          Guard personnel under orders.
2......................................  Dependents of active duty members    See subparts D and E.
                                          of the uniformed services,
                                          dependents of persons who died
                                          while in such a status, and the
                                          dependents of active duty members
                                          of NATO nations meeting the
                                          conditions prescribed in subpart E
                                          of this part.
3......................................  Members ot the Senior Reserve        See Sec. 728.23.
                                          Officers' Training Corps of the
                                          Armed Forces.
4......................................  Retired members of the uniformed     See subpart D.
                                          services and their dependents and
                                          dependents of deceased retired
                                          members.
5......................................  Civilian employees of the Federal    See Sec. 728.80.
                                          Government under the limited
                                          circumstances covered by the
                                          Federal Employees' Health Service
                                          program.
6......................................  All others, including ex-service     See subparts F and G.
                                          maternity eligibles.
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