10 U.S.C. § 7263 — When Secretary may require

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The Secretary of the Army may order necessary hospitalization, medical or surgical treatment, and domiciliary care for an active-duty Army member, subject to the stated exception for treatment while on extended leave.

The Secretary of the Army may order the hospitalization, medical and surgical treatment, and domiciliary care, for as long as necessary, of any member of the Army on active duty, and may incur obligations with respect thereto, whether or not the member incurred an injury, illness, or disease in line of duty, except in the case of a member treated in a private hospital, or by a civilian physician, while on leave of absence for more than 24 hours.

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The Secretary of the Army may order the hospitalization, medical and surgical treatment, and domiciliary care, for as long as necessary, of any member of the Army on active duty, and may incur obligations with respect thereto, whether or not the member incurred an injury, illness, or disease in line of duty, except in the case of a member treated in a private hospital, or by a civilian physician, while on leave of absence for more than 24 hours.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 215, § 3723; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title VI, § 604(f)(1)(D), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3878; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XII, § 1231(16), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1161; renumbered § 7263, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(10), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-661 · 100 Stat. 3878
1987Amended · Pub. L. 100-180 · 101 Stat. 1161
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1838

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1041 on 1956-08-10.