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42 U.S.C. § 253 — Medical services to Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service
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**(a) Persons entitled to medical services** Subject to regulations of the President—
(1) commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, warrant officers, cadets, and enlisted personnel of the Regular Coast Guard on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and Regular, and temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty;
(2) commissioned officers, ships’ officers, and members of the crews of vessels of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and
(3) commissioned officers of the Regular or Reserve Corps 11 See Change of Name note below. of the Public Health Service on active duty;
shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization by the Service. The Surgeon General may detail commissioned officers for duty aboard vessels of the Coast Guard or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
**(b) Health care for involuntarily separated officers and dependents**
(1) The Secretary may provide health care for an officer of the Regular or Reserve Corps 1 involuntarily separated from the Service, and for any dependent of such officer, if—
(A) the officer or dependent was receiving health care at the expense of the Service at the time of separation; and
(B) the Secretary finds that the officer or dependent is unable to obtain appropriate insurance for the conditions for which the officer or dependent was receiving health care.
(2) Health care may be provided under paragraph (1) for a period of not more than one year from the date of separation of the officer from the Service.
**(c) Examination of personnel of Service assigned to Coast Guard or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr
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**(a) Persons entitled to medical services** Subject to regulations of the President—
(1) commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, warrant officers, cadets, and enlisted personnel of the Regular Coast Guard on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and Regular, and temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty;
(2) commissioned officers, ships’ officers, and members of the crews of vessels of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and
(3) commissioned officers of the Regular or Reserve Corps 11 See Change of Name note below. of the Public Health Service on active duty;
shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization by the Service. The Surgeon General may detail commissioned officers for duty aboard vessels of the Coast Guard or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
**(b) Health care for involuntarily separated officers and dependents**
(1) The Secretary may provide health care for an officer of the Regular or Reserve Corps 1 involuntarily separated from the Service, and for any dependent of such officer, if—
(A) the officer or dependent was receiving health care at the expense of the Service at the time of separation; and
(B) the Secretary finds that the officer or dependent is unable to obtain appropriate insurance for the conditions for which the officer or dependent was receiving health care.
(2) Health care may be provided under paragraph (1) for a period of not more than one year from the date of separation of the officer from the Service.
**(c) Examination of personnel of Service assigned to Coast Guard or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration** The Service shall provide all services referred to in subsection (a) required by the Coast Guard or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and shall perform all duties prescribed by statute in connection with the examinations to determine physical or mental condition for purposes of appointment, enlistment, and reenlistment, promotion and retirement, and officers of the Service assigned to duty on Coast Guard or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessels may extend aid to the crews of American vessels engaged in deep-sea fishing.
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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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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section, Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(b) [title II], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–50, 2681–83, which authorized in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 250 commissioned officers on the active list as of September 30, 1999, was from title II of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts.
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 105–119, title II, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2477.
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–37.
Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)] [title II], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321, 1321–27; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.
Pub. L. 103–317, title II, Aug. 26, 1994, 108 Stat. 1741.
Pub. L. 103–121, title II, Oct. 27, 1993, 107 Stat. 1170.
Pub. L. 102–395, title II, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1849.
Pub. L. 102–140, title II, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 799.
Pub. L. 101–515, title I, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2104.
Pub. L. 101–162, title I, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 992.
Pub. L. 100–459, title I, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2190.
Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(a) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329, 1329–4.
Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(b) [title I], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–39, 1783–42, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(b) [title I], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–39, 3341–42.
Pub. L. 99–180, title I, Dec. 13, 1985, 99 Stat. 1138.
Pub. L. 98–411, title I, Aug. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 1548.
Pub. L. 98–166, title I, § 101, Nov. 28, 1983, 97 Stat. 1074.
Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 101(d), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1867, 1869.
Pub. L. 97–92, § 101(h) [incorporating H.R
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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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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Apr. 26, 1939, ch. 92, § 2, 53 Stat. 620, as affected by 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, §§ 201, 205, eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 53 Stat. 1424, provided for medical, dental, etc., treatment of Coast and Geodetic Survey’s personnel and their families. See [section 253 of Title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section253&num=0&edition=prelim), The Public Health and Welfare.
#### Renumbering of Repealing Act
Title XIII, § 1313, formerly title VI, § 611, of act July 1, 1944, which repealed this section, was renumbered title VII, § 711, by act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 958, § 5, 60 Stat. 1049; § 713, by act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 9(b), 62 Stat. 47; title VIII, § 813, by act July 30, 1956, ch. 779, § 3(b), 70 Stat. 721; title IX, § 913, by Pub. L. 88–581, § 4(b), Sept. 4, 1964, 78 Stat. 919; title X, § 1013, by Pub. L. 89–239, § 3(b), Oct. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 931; title XI, § 1113, by Pub. L. 91–572, § 6(b), Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1506; title XII, § 1213, by Pub. L. 92–294, § 3(b), May 16, 1972, 86 Stat. 137; title XIII, § 1313, by Pub. L. 93–154, § 2(b)(2), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 604, and was repealed by Pub. L. 93–222, § 7(b), Dec. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 936.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 92, acts Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, § 3, 27 Stat. 450; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for enforcement of quarantine regulations. See sections 264 to 267 of this title.
Section 92a, acts Apr. 29, 1878, ch. 66, § 5, 20 Stat. 38; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for a national quarantine system. See sections 264 to 267 of this title.
Section 93, acts Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, § 4, 27 Stat. 451; July 1, 1902, ch. 1370, § 1, 32 Stat. 712; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, § 1, 37 Stat. 309, provided for duties of Surgeon General relating to quarantine. See sections 264 to 270 of this title.
Section 94, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, § 5, 27 Stat. 451, provided for regulations to secure sanitary conditions of vessels. See [section 269 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section269&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 94a, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, § 14, as added Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, § 1, 46 Stat. 1492, provided for hours of inspection at quarantine stations. See [section 267 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section267&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 94b, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, § 16, as added Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, § 1, 46 Stat. 1492, provided for schedule of charges and payment of them. See [section 269 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section269&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 94c, act Feb. 15, 1893, ch. 114, § 15, as added Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 409, § 1, 46 Stat. 1492, provided for procurement of health certificates. See [section 269 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 253
1 See Change of Name note below.
countries, such physical and mental examina-
tions of aliens as are required by the immigra-
tion laws, subject to administrative regulations
prescribed by the Attorney General and medical
regulations prescribed by the Surgeon General
with the approval of the Secretary.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 325, 58 Stat. 697;
1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18
F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services’’ sub-
stituted in text for ‘‘Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare’’ pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88,
which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Edu-
cation.
ABOLITION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
SERVICE AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization
Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related
references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title
8, Aliens and Nationality.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855,
80 Stat. 1610, and functions thereof transferred to Sec-
retary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note under sec-
tion 202 of this title. Office of Surgeon General reestab-
lished within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Health, see Notice of Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health,
Mar. 30, 1987, 52 F.R. 11754.
Functions of Federal Security Administrator trans-
ferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
and all agencies of Federal Security Agency
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