[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR31.2]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                                SERVICES

 

PART 31_MEDICAL CARE FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL OF THE COAST GUARD, NATIONAL 

OCEAN SURVEY, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, AND FORMER LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE--Table of 

Contents

 

Sec.  31.2  Persons entitled to treatment.



    To the extent and under the circumstances prescribed in Sec. Sec.  

31.2 to 31.10, the following persons shall be entitled to medical, 

surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization by the Service:

    (a) Coast Guard. (1) Commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, 

warrant officers, cadets, and enlisted personnel of the Regular Coast 

Guard, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty, whether 

on active duty or retired;

    (2) Regular members of the Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty 

or when retired for disability;

    (3) Temporary members of the Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty 

or in case of physical injury incurred or sickness or disease contracted 

while performing active Coast Guard duty;

    (4) Members of the Women's Reserve of the Coast Guard when on active 

duty or when retired for disability;

    (5) Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary in case of physical injury 

incurred or sickness or disease contracted while performing active Coast 

Guard duty.

    (b) National Ocean Survey. Commissioned officers, ships' officers, 

and members of the crews of vessels of the National Ocean Survey, 

including those on shore duty and those on detached duty whether on 

active duty or retired.

    (c) Public Health Service. (1) Commissioned officers of the Regular 

Corps of the Service, whether on active duty or retired;

    (2) Commissioned officers of the Reserve Corps of the Service when 

on active duty or when retired for disability.



(Sec. 326, 58 Stat. 697, as amended 42 U.S.C. 253)