5 U.S.C. § 7901 — Health service programs
submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-554 to r/title-5-GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZATION-AND-EMPLOYEES · 213 words · no verdicts yet
Agency heads may establish limited health-service programs for employees, subject to appropriations, consultation, and sufficient local demand. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare may review them, and Tennessee Valley Authority programs are unaffected.
(a) Within available appropriations, each United States agency head may establish a health-service program to promote and maintain the physical and mental fitness of employees under the head’s jurisdiction.
(b) The program may be created by contract or otherwise, but only (1) after consulting the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and considering that Secretary’s recommendations, and (2) in a place with enough employees to justify the service.
(c) The program is limited to (1) treating on-the-job illness and dental conditions needing emergency attention; (2) preemployment and other examinations; (3) referring employees to private physicians and dentists; and (4) preventive health programs.
(d) On request, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare must review a program and send comments and recommendations to the agency head.
(e) Authorization to use physicians’ professional services also authorizes surgeons and osteopathic practitioners within the scope of practice defined by State law.
(f) This section does not affect health programs conducted by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The head of each agency of the Government of the United States may establish, within the limits of appropriations available, a health service program to promote and maintain the physical and mental fitness of employees under his jurisdiction.
A health service program may be established by contract or otherwise, but only—
after consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and consideration of its recommendations; and
in localities where there are a sufficient number of employees to warrant providing the service.
A health service program is limited to—
treatment of on-the-job illness and dental conditions requiring emergency attention;
preemployment and other examinations;
referral of employees to private physicians and dentists; and
preventive programs relating to health.
The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, on request, shall review a health service program conducted under this section and shall submit comment and recommendations to the head of the agency concerned.
When this section authorizes the use of the professional services of physicians, that authorization includes the use of the professional services of surgeons and osteopathic practitioners within the scope of their practice as defined by State law.
The health programs conducted by the Tennessee Valley Authority are not affected by this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–554, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 530; Pub. L. 90–83, § 1(47), Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 209; Pub. L. 104–201, div. C, title XXXV, § 3548(a)(9), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2869.)
- 1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-554 · 80 Stat. 530
- 1967Amended · Pub. L. 90-83 · 81 Stat. 209
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-201 · 110 Stat. 2869
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-554 on 1966-09-06.
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