[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: 32CFR728.75]

[Page 340-341]
 
                       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 G_Other Persons
 
Sec. 728.75  Applicants for cadetship at service academies and applicants 
for the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS).

    (a) Upon presentation of a letter of authorization from the 
Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board (DODMERB), 
applicants for cadetship at Service Academies (Navy, Army, Air Force, 
Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine) and applicants for the Uniformed 
Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) will be furnished medical 
examinations at facilities designated by the DODMERB. Hospitalization is 
authorized when qualifications for service cannot otherwise be 
determined. Use the hospitalization

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period for diagnostic purposes only, and not to correct disqualifying or 
other defects. Perform examinations and make disposition of completed 
forms per BUMEDINST 6120.3M.
    (b) Applicants who suffer injury or acute illness while awaiting or 
undergoing processing at Navy and Marine Corps facilities or at MEPS may 
be furnished emergency medical and dental care, including emergency 
hospitalization, for that injury or illness.