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42 U.S.C. § 249 — Medical care and treatment of quarantined and detained persons

submitted 82 years ago by ch. 373 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 144 words · no verdicts yet

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The Public Health Service may treat people held under quarantine laws. It may also treat people the Immigration and Naturalization Service detains, at that agency's request. In emergencies, other people may get temporary care, or approved outside treatment at Service expense.

(a) Persons entitled to treatment: The Public Health Service may treat and care for anyone held under quarantine laws. It may also treat anyone detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, if that Service asks for it. (b) Temporary treatment in emergency cases: People who aren't normally entitled to care at Service institutions, hospitals, and stations may still be admitted for temporary treatment in an emergency. This is allowed under regulations set by the Surgeon General. (c) Authorization for outside treatment: People entitled to care under subsection (a) may instead get that care from a public or private medical or hospital facility that isn't run by the Service. The Service pays for this outside care, but only when the officer in charge of the station where the request is made approves it.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Persons entitled to treatment

Any person when detained in accordance with quarantine laws, or, at the request of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, any person detained by that Service, may be treated and cared for by the Public Health Service.

(b) Temporary treatment in emergency cases

Persons not entitled to treatment and care at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service may, in accordance with regulations of the Surgeon General, be admitted thereto for temporary treatment and care in case of emergency.

(c) Authorization for outside treatment

Persons whose care and treatment is authorized by subsection (a) may, in accordance with regulations, receive such care and treatment at the expense of the Service from public or private medical or hospital facilities other than those of the Service, when authorized by the officer in charge of the station at which the application is made.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 322, 58 Stat. 696; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 3, 62 Stat. 1018; Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 3, 70 Stat. 1120; Pub. L. 88–424, Aug. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 398; Pub. L. 90–174, § 10(c), Dec. 5, 1967, 81 Stat. 541; Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 986(a), (b)(1), (2), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 603.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1944Enacted · Act of July 1, 1944, ch. 373 · 58 Stat. 696
  • 1948Amended · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 654 · 62 Stat. 1018
  • 1956Amended · Act of Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036 · 70 Stat. 1120
  • 1964Amended · Pub. L. 88-424 · 78 Stat. 398
  • 1967Amended · Pub. L. 90-174 · 81 Stat. 541
  • 1981Amended · Pub. L. 97-35 · 95 Stat. 603

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 373 on 1944-07-01.

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