[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: 42CFR35.8]



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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 A_General

 

Sec. 35.8  Safekeeping of money and effects; withdrawals.



    (a) A place for the safekeeping of money and effects of patients 

shall be provided at each station or hospital, and an itemized receipt 

therefor shall be furnished to the patient and to any other person who 

places money or effects therein for the benefit of the patient.

    (b) Money and effects may be withdrawn only by or on behalf of the 

patient, by his legally appointed representative authorized to receive 

or dispose of his property (including the money and effects in the 

custody of the station or hospital), or by a person who is authorized, 

under the law of the State in which the station or hospital



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is located, to receive or dispose of the patient's money and effects. In 

any case in which the officer in charge has had actual notice of the 

appointment of a legal representative, withdrawals may be made only by 

such representative or in accordance with his written directions. No 

delivery shall be made under this paragraph unless (1) the person 

receiving the money or effects shall sign an itemized receipt therefor, 

or (2) the delivery is witnessed by two persons. The provisions of this 

paragraph do not prohibit withdrawals made necessary by the provisions 

of this part for the disposition of money and effects left by patients 

on death or on departure from the station or hospital, or by the 

provisions of Sec. 35.10.