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42 U.S.C. § 248 — Control and management of hospitals; furnishing prosthetic and orthopedic devices; transfer of patients; disposal of articles produced by patients; disposal of money and effects of deceased patients; payment of burial expenses
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The Surgeon General, pursuant to regulations, shall—
**(a)** Control, manage, and operate all institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service, including minor repairs and maintenance, and provide for the care, treatment, and hospitalization of patients, including the furnishing of prosthetic and orthopedic devices; and from time to time, with the approval of the President, select suitable sites for and establish such additional institutions, hospitals, and stations in the States and possessions of the United States as in his judgment are necessary to enable the Service to discharge its functions and duties;
**(b)** Provide for the transfer of Public Health Service patients, in the care of attendants where necessary, between hospitals and stations operated by the Service or between such hospitals and stations and other hospitals and stations in which Public Health Service patients may be received, and the payment of expenses of such transfer;
**(c)** Provide for the disposal of articles produced by patients in the course of their curative treatment, either by allowing the patient to retain such articles or by selling them and depositing the money received therefor to the credit of the appropriation from which the materials for making the articles were purchased;
**(d)** Provide for the disposal of money and effects, in the custody of the hospitals or stations, of deceased patients; and
**(e)** Provide, to the extent the Surgeon General determines that other public or private funds are not available therefor, for the payment of expenses of preparing and transporting the remains of, or the payment of reasonable burial expenses for, any patient dying in a hospital or station.
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The Surgeon General, pursuant to regulations, shall—
**(a)** Control, manage, and operate all institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service, including minor repairs and maintenance, and provide for the care, treatment, and hospitalization of patients, including the furnishing of prosthetic and orthopedic devices; and from time to time, with the approval of the President, select suitable sites for and establish such additional institutions, hospitals, and stations in the States and possessions of the United States as in his judgment are necessary to enable the Service to discharge its functions and duties;
**(b)** Provide for the transfer of Public Health Service patients, in the care of attendants where necessary, between hospitals and stations operated by the Service or between such hospitals and stations and other hospitals and stations in which Public Health Service patients may be received, and the payment of expenses of such transfer;
**(c)** Provide for the disposal of articles produced by patients in the course of their curative treatment, either by allowing the patient to retain such articles or by selling them and depositing the money received therefor to the credit of the appropriation from which the materials for making the articles were purchased;
**(d)** Provide for the disposal of money and effects, in the custody of the hospitals or stations, of deceased patients; and
**(e)** Provide, to the extent the Surgeon General determines that other public or private funds are not available therefor, for the payment of expenses of preparing and transporting the remains of, or the payment of reasonable burial expenses for, any patient dying in a hospital or station.
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When used in this chapter—
**(a)** The term “Service” means the Public Health Service;
**(b)** The term “Surgeon General” means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service;
**(c)** Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
**(d)** The term “regulations”, except when otherwise specified, means rules and regulations made by the Surgeon General with the approval of the Secretary;
**(e)** The term “executive department” means any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States;
**(f)** Except as provided in sections 246(g)(4)(B),11 See References in Text note below. 247c(c)(1),1 254d(h)(3),1 263c(5),1 264(d), 292a(9),1 300a(c), 300f(13), and 300n(1) 1 of this title, the term “State” includes, in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
**(g)** The term “possession” includes, among other possessions, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands;
**(h)** Repealed. Pub. L. 97–35, title IX, § 986(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 603.
**(i)** The term “vessel” includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, exclusive of aircraft and amphibious contrivances;
**(j)** The term “habit-forming narcotic drug” or “narcotic” means opium and coca leaves and the several alkaloids derived therefrom, the best known of these alkaloids being morphia, heroin, and codeine, obtained from opium, and cocaine derived from the coca
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### Statutory Notes
Section 26, acts Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 98, § 1, 40 Stat. 1302; Aug. 9, 1921, ch. 57, § 7, 42 Stat. 149; July 3, 1930, ch. 863, § 1, 46 Stat. 1016, provided for additional hospital and sanatorium facilities. See sections 249, 251, and 253 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and [section 763c of Title 33](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section763c&num=0&edition=prelim), Navigation and Navigable Waters.
Section 26a, R.S. § 4803; acts June 26, 1884, ch. 121, § 15, 23 Stat. 57; Mar. 3, 1905, ch. 1484, § 1, 33 Stat. 1217; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for use of certain funds for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. See [section 249 of Title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section249&num=0&edition=prelim), The Public Health and Welfare.
Section 27, act Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 98, § 2, 40 Stat. 1302, provided for transfer of hospitals to Treasury Department for the Public Health Service. See [section 248 of Title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section248&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 28, acts Mar. 3, 1919, ch. 98, § 3, 40 Stat. 1303; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 156, 41 Stat. 1365, provided for transfer of property and equipment by Secretary of War to the Treasury Department for use of the Public Health Service.
#### Renumbering of Repealing Act
For renumbering of act July 1, 1944, which repealed these sections, see note set out under sections 1, 2 of this title.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 7, R.S. § 4806; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, § 4, 18 Stat. 485; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; July 26, 1916, ch. 256, 39 Stat. 390; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for lease and sale of hospitals. See [section 248 of Title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section248&num=0&edition=prelim), The Public Health and Welfare.
Section 8, acts Aug. 4, 1894, ch. 213, 28 Stat. 229; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 2, 38 Stat. 801; July 30, 1937, ch. 545, § 2, 50 Stat. 548; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for admission of Coast Guard personnel and their families to hospitals. See [section 253 of Title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section253&num=0&edition=prelim). Act Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 2, 38 Stat. 801 was also repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, § 20, 63 Stat. 561.
Section 9, act June 23, 1913, ch. 3, § 1, 38 Stat. 24, provided for hospital relief of officers and employees of the Public Health Service. See sections 249 and 253 of Title 42.
Section 10, act July 1, 1918, ch. 113, § 1, 40 Stat. 694, provided for hospital relief for officers and crews of the Fish and Wildlife Service. See [section 249 of Title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section249&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 11, acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, § 6, 18 Stat. 486; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 205(b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided for care of foreign seamen. See [section 249 of Title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.x
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**(a) Designation by Secretary; removal from areas designated; “medical facility” defined**
(1) For purposes of this subpart the term “health professional shortage area” means (A) an area in an urban or rural area (which need not conform to the geographic boundaries of a political subdivision and which is a rational area for the delivery of health services) which the Secretary determines has a health manpower shortage and which is not reasonably accessible to an adequately served area, (B) a population group which the Secretary determines has such a shortage, or (C) a public or nonprofit private medical facility or other public facility which the Secretary determines has such a shortage. All Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, as defined in section 1861(aa) of the Social Security Act ([42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395x/aa&num=0&edition=prelim)), that meet the requirements of [section 254g of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section254g&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be automatically designated as having such a shortage. The Secretary shall not remove an area from the areas determined to be health professional shortage areas under subparagraph (A) of the preceding sentence until the Secretary has afforded interested persons and groups in such area an opportunity to provide data and information in support of the designation as a health professional shortage area or a population group described in subparagraph (B) of such sentence or a facility described in subparagraph (C) of such sentence, and has made a determination on the basis of the data and information submitted by such persons and groups and other data and information availabl
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 248
the care through the program under title XVIII of
the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.] or
the program under title XIX of such Act [42 U.S.C.
1396 et seq.]. Any such reduction shall be made on
the basis of the number of days for which the pa-
tient received the inpatient care.
‘‘(6) The Secretary shall provide to each eligible pa-
tient such information and time as may be necessary
for the patient to make an informed decision regard-
ing the options under paragraph (5)(A).
‘‘(7) After the date of the enactment of this Act
[Nov. 13, 1997], the Center may not provide long-term
care for any individual who as of such date was not
receiving such care as a patient of the Center.
‘‘(8) If upon completion of the projects referred to
in subsection (d)(4)(A) there are unobligated balances
of amounts appropriated for the projects, such bal-
ances are available to the Secretary for expenses re-
lating to the relocation of the Center, except that, if
the sum of such balances is in excess of $100,000, such
excess is available to the State in accordance with
subsection (d)(4)(B). The amounts available to the
Secretary pursuant to the preceding sentence are
available until expended.
‘‘(g) For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘Center’ means the National Hansen’s
Disease Programs Center.
‘‘(2) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of
Health and Human Services.
‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ means the State of Lou-
isiana.’’
§ 248. Control and management of hospitals; fur-
nishing prosthetic and orthopedic devices;
transfer of patients; disposal of articles pro-
duced by patients; disposal of money and ef-
fects of deceased patients; payment of burial
expenses
The Surgeon General, pursuant to re
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