24 U.S.C. § 35 — Limitation of medical, surgical or hospital services

This section limits the medical care available under section 34 of this title to people other than naval and Marine Corps personnel themselves — meaning their dependents and the outside persons section 34 covers. Hospitalization for these people covers only acute medical and surgical conditions. It excludes nervous, mental, or contagious diseases, and excludes any condition that requires domiciliary (long-term custodial) care. Routine dental care may also be provided to the outside persons covered by section 34 — but this excludes dental prosthesis (like dentures or bridges) and orthodontia. This dental care is furnished under the same conditions set in section 34 for hospital and dispensary care for these same people.