[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR35.43]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

                                SERVICES

 

PART 35_HOSPITAL AND STATION MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents

 

      Subpart D_Disposal of Money and Effects of Deceased Patients

 

Sec. 35.43  Delivery only upon filing claim; forms; procedure.



    (a) Delivery of the money and effects of a deceased patient shall be 

made only to a person who has filed a claim therefor on a form 

prescribed by the Surgeon General.

    (b) A claimant shall furnish, in addition to the information on the 

prescribed form, such additional information as the officer in charge 

may consider necessary to establish the identity of the claimant and the 

truth of his statements.

    (c) A person filing a claim as a legal representative shall be 

required to present letters of administration or a certificate of a 

court attesting his qualification or appointment.

    (d) If a claim is made after the money, or proceeds from the sale of 

the effects, of a deceased patient have been deposited in the Treasury, 

the claim shall be referred to the General Accounting Office. If the 

claim is for checks or evidences of indebtedness of the United States 

which have been trasnsmitted to the issuing agency pursuant to 

Sec. Sec. 35.47 and 35.48, the claimant shall be referred to such 

agency.