[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: 32CFR728.81]

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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. 728.81  Other civilians.

    (a) General. In an emergency, any person may be rendered care in 
naval MTFs to prevent undue suffering or loss of life or limb. Limit 
care to that necessary only during the period of the emergency, and if 
further treatment is indicated, initiate action to transfer the patient 
to a private physician or civilian facility as soon as possible. 
Further, subject to the provisions of Sec. 728.3, the following 
personnel are authorized care as set forth.
    (b) Beneficiaries and extent of care. (1) Provide all occupational 
health services to civilian employees paid from nonappropriated funds, 
including Navy exchange employees and service club employees, free of 
charge (see Sec. 728.80(c)(2)). Provide treatment of occupational 
illnesses and injuries other than in emergencies per rules and 
regulations of the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (see Sec. 
728.53).
    (2) Civilians attending the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 
Academy, Marine Corps Development and Education Command, Quantico, VA, 
may be rendered care at the Naval Medical Clinic, Quantico, VA, for 
emergencies. Such persons who are in need of hospitalization for 
injuries or disease may be hospitalized and classed as civilian 
humanitarian nonindigents with the approval of the cognizant hospital's 
commanding officer. Exception: Certain individuals, such as employees of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation who are injured in the line of duty, 
may be entitled to care at the expense of the Office of Workers' 
Compensation Programs (OWCP) (see Sec. 728.53).
    (3) The following civilians who are injured or become ill while 
participating in Navy or Marine Corps sponsored sports, recreational or 
training activities may be rendered care on a temporary (emergency) 
basis until such time as disposition can be effected to another source 
of care.
    (i) Members of the Naval Sea Cadet Corps.
    (ii) Junior ROTC/NDCC (National Defense Cadet Corps) cadets.
    (iii) Civilian athletes training or competing as part of the U.S. 
Olympic effort.
    (iv) Civilians competing in Navy or Marine Corps sponsored 
competitive meets.
    (v) Members of Little League teams and Youth Conservation groups.
    (vi) Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America.
    (4) Other civilian personnel included below are not normally 
eligible for care in naval MTFs; however, under the conditions set 
forth, care may be rendered.
    (i) Potential beneficiaries.

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    (A) Civilian representatives of religious groups.
    (B) Educational institutions representatives.
    (C) Athletic clinic instructors.
    (D) USO representatives.
    (E) Celebrities and entertainers.
    (F) Social agencies representatives.
    (G) Others in a similar status to those in Sec. 728.81(b)(4)(i) (A) 
through (F).
    (H) News correspondents.
    (I) Commercial airline pilots and employees.
    (J) Volunteer workers. This category includes officially recognized 
welfare workers, other than Red Cross.
    (ii) Care authorized. (A) Persons enumerated in paragraph (b)(4)(i) 
(A) through (G) of this section, who are contracted to provide direct 
services to the Armed Forces and who are acting under orders issued by 
the Department of Defense or one of the military departments to visit 
military commands overseas, and their accompanying dependents, may be 
provided medical care in naval MTFs outside the 48 contiguous United 
States and the District of Columbia provided local civilian facilities 
are not reasonably available or are inadequate. Limit inpatient care to 
acute medical and surgical conditions exclusive of nervous, mental, or 
contagious diseases, or those requiring domiciliary care. Routine dental 
care, other than dental prostheses and orthodontia, is authorized on a 
space available basis outside the United States, provided such care is 
not otherwise available in reasonably accessible and appropriate non-
Federal facilities.
    (B) Persons enumerated in paragraph (b)(4)(i) (H) and (I) of this 
section are authorized emergency medical and dental care in naval MTFs 
outside the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia 
provided local civilian facilities are not reasonably available or are 
inadequate.
    (C) Persons enumerated in paragraph (b)(4)(i)(J) of this section, 
both within and outside the 48 contiguous United States and the District 
of Columbia, may receive care in naval MTFs for injuries or diseases 
incurred in the performance of duty as beneficiaries of OWCP (see Sec. 
728.53). Additionally, if such volunteers are sponsored by an 
international organization (e.g., the United Nations) or by a voluntary 
nonprofit-relief agency registered with and approved by the Advisory 
Committee on Voluntary Aid (e.g., CARE), they may receive other 
necessary nonemergency medical care and occupational health services 
while serving outside the 48 contiguous United States and the District 
of Columbia.
    (c) Charges and collection. Care is provided on a reimbursable 
basis. 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.