10 U.S.C. § 8282 — Insane members of the naval service

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If a member of the naval service becomes mentally ill, the Secretary of the Navy can send them to whichever hospital for the insane the Secretary thinks is most convenient and offers the best treatment.

This section covers a member of the naval service who "becomes insane." The Secretary of the Navy may place that member in a hospital for the insane. The Secretary picks the hospital based on which one, in the Secretary's opinion, is most convenient and will give the member the most beneficial treatment.

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A member of the naval service who becomes insane may be placed in the hospital for the insane that, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, is most convenient and will provide the most beneficial treatment.

Source credit: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 387, § 6202; renumbered § 8282, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835.)

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1956Enacted · Act of Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1835

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