[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: 42CFR34.7]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

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

                                SERVICES

 

PART 34_MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF ALIENS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  34.7  Medical and other care; death.



    (a) An alien detained by or in the custody of the INS may be 

provided medical, surgical, psychiatric, or dental care by the Public 

Health Service through interagency agreements under which the INS shall 

reimburse the Public Health Service. Aliens found to be in need of 

emergency care in the course of medical examination shall be treated to 

the extent deemed practical by the attending physician and if considered 

to be in need of further care, may be referred to the INS along with the 

physician's recommendations concerning such further care.

    (b) In case of the death of an alien, the body shall be delivered to 

the consular or immigration authority concerned. If such death occurs in 

the United States, or in a territory or possession thereof, public 

burial shall be provided upon request of the INS and subject to its 

agreement to pay the



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burial expenses. Autopsies shall not be performed unless approved by the 

INS.



[56 FR 25003, May 31, 1991]