[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: 32CFR728.78]

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                       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. 728.78  American Red Cross representatives and their dependents.

    (a) Potential beneficiaries.
    (1) Volunteer workers.
    (2) Full-time, paid employees.
    (3) Dependents of personnel enumerated in paragraph (a) (1) and (2) 
of this section when accompanying their sponsor outside the continental 
United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.
    (b) Care authorized. (1) When services of the American Red Cross 
(ARC) have been accepted in behalf of the Federal Government under 
applicable DOD regulations, beneficiaries in paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section are considered ``employees'' of the Government for the purpose 
of this part and are authorized health care in USMTFs, both in and 
outside the United States for work-related conditions. See Sec. 
728.53(a)(2) regarding the specific application of this authorization.
    (2) Beneficiaries enumerated in paragraph (a) (1) and (2) of this 
section are authorized health care in USMTFs located outside the United 
States for both work and nonwork-related conditions. See Sec. 
728.53(a)(2) for treatment of work-related conditions of those in 
paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
    (3) Beneficiaries identified in paragraph (a) (1), (2), and (3) of 
this section are authorized emergency care in USMTFs outside the 
continental United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico 
where facilities are not otherwise available in reasonably accessible 
and appropriate non-Federal hospitals. Provide hospitalization only for 
acute medical and surgical conditions, exclusive of nervous, mental, or 
contagious diseases or those requiring domiciliary care. Routine dental 
care, other than dental prosthesis and orthodontia, is authorized on a 
space available basis provided facilities are not otherwise available in 
reasonably accessible non-Federal facilities.
    (c) Records disposal. Upon completion of treatment of accredited 
representatives of the American Red Cross or their dependents, forward 
medical records, including all clinical records and x-ray films, to the 
Medical Director, National Headquarters, American

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Red Cross, 20th and D Street NW., Washington, DC 20006.
    (d) Charges and collection. Charge beneficiaries in paragraph (a) 
(1) and (2) of this section the rate applicable to officer personnel and 
dependents in paragraph (a)(3) of this section the dependent rate. 
Complete and submit, per subpart J, a DD 7 (Report of Treatment 
Furnished Pay Patients, Hospitalization Furnished, part A) or DD 7A 
(Report of Treatment Furnished Pay Patients, Outpatient Treatment, part 
B) when outpatient or inpatient care is rendered to ARC personnel or to 
their dependents.