TITLE 24 - US CODE - CHAPTER 1 - NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS

1, 2. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1313, 58 Stat. 714

Section 1, acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, 3, 18 Stat. 485; Aug. 14, 1912, ch. 288, 1, 37 Stat. 309, defined seamen. See section 201 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Section 2, R.S. 4801, provided for acceptance of gifts in aid of marine hospitals. See section 219 of Title 42.

3 to 5. Repealed. June 15, 1943, ch. 125, 3, 57 Stat. 153, eff. July 1, 1943

Section 3, R.S. 1614, 4808, related to deduction from pay of seamen for Navy hospital fund. Section 4, R.S. 4809, related to fines on seamen appropriated for Navy hospitals. Section 5, act June 7, 1900, ch. 859, 31 Stat. 697, related to forfeitures from desertion for naval hospital fund.

24 USC 6 - Pension paid to fund for benefit of naval hospital

Whenever any officer, seaman, or marine entitled to a pension is admitted to a naval hospital, his pension, while he remains there, shall be deducted from his accounts and paid to the Secretary of the Navy for the benefit of the fund from which such hospital is maintained.

24 USC 6a - Disposition of amounts deducted from pensions

Pensions of inmates of a naval hospital, required by law prior to July 1, 1943, to be deducted from the account of the pensioner and applied for the benefit of the fund from which such home or[1] hospital is maintained, shall be deposited into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
[1] So in original. The words “home or” probably should not appear.

7 to 12. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1313, 58 Stat. 714

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, 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. Act Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, 2, 38 Stat. 801 was also repealed by act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 20, 63 Stat. 561.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. 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. Section 11a, R.S. 4805; acts Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 156, 6, 18 Stat. 486; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. I, 201, 205 (b), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2728, 2729, 53 Stat. 1424, 1425, provided that foreign vessels were liable for hospital charges for care of their seamen. See section 249 of Title 42. Section 12, R.S. 4804, provided for exclusion of employees on canal boats in coasting trade from hospital care. See section 249 of Title 42.

24 USC 13 - Admission of cases for study

There may be admitted into marine hospitals for study persons with infectious or other diseases affecting the public health, and not to exceed ten cases in any one hospital at one time.

24 USC 14 - Establishment of Navy hospitals

The Secretary of the Navy shall procure at suitable places proper sites for Navy hospitals, and if the necessary buildings are not procured with the site, shall cause such to be erected, having due regard to economy, and giving preference to such plans as with most convenience and least cost will admit of subsequent additions, when the funds permit and circumstances require; and shall provide, at one of the establishments, a permanent asylum for disabled and decrepit Navy officers, seamen, and marines: Provided, That no sites shall be procured or hospital buildings erected or extensions to existing hospitals made unless authorized by Congress.

24 USC 14a - Annual appropriations for maintenance, operation, and improvement of naval hospitals

Commencing with the fiscal year 1944, annual appropriations in such amounts as may be necessary are authorized from the general fund of the Treasury for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of naval hospitals.

24 USC 15 - Superintendence of Navy hospitals

The Secretary of the Navy shall have the general charge and superintendence of Navy hospitals.

24 USC 16 - Allowance of rations to Navy hospitals

For every Navy officer, seaman, or marine admitted into a Navy hospital, the institution shall be allowed one ration per day during his continuance therein, to be deducted from the account of the United States with such officer, seaman, or marine.

24 USC 16a - Additional personnel for patients of Department of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals

On and after May 29, 1945, additional commissioned, warranted, appointed, enlisted, and civilian personnel of the Medical Department of the Navy, required for the care of patients of the Department of Veterans Affairs in naval hospitals, may be employed in addition to the numbers annually appropriated for.

24 USC 17 - Government of Naval Asylum

The asylum for disabled and decrepit Navy officers, seamen, and marines shall be governed in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy.

24 USC 18 - Rules and regulations for Army and Navy Hospital

The Army and Navy General Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, shall be subject to such rules, regulations, and restrictions as shall be provided by the President of the United States and shall remain under the jurisdiction and control of the Department of the Army.

24 USC 19 - Tubercular hospital at Fort Bayard

The hospital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, for the treatment of tuberculosis, shall be opened to the treatment of the officers and men of the Navy and Marine Corps.

24 USC 20 - Discipline of patients at Army and Navy Hospital

All persons admitted to treatment in the Army and Navy General Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, shall, while patients in said hospital, be subject to the rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States.

24 USC 21 - Repealed. June 12, 1948, ch. 450, 4, 62 Stat. 380

Section, act May 12, 1917, ch. 12, 40 Stat. 58, related to limitation on cost of Army hospital buildings.

21a to 25. Repealed. Pub. L. 101510, div. A, title XV, 1532(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1732

Section 21a, act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, 11, 60 Stat. 854, related to maintenance and operation of Naval Home. Section 21b, act June 26, 1934, ch. 756, 9, 48 Stat. 1229, abolished Navy Pension Fund and authorized appropriations for maintenance, operation, and improvement of Naval Home. Section 22, act June 30, 1914, ch. 130, 38 Stat. 398, related to disposition of moneys of deceased inmates of Naval Home. Section 23, act June 30, 1914, ch. 130, 38 Stat. 398, related to disposition of pensions of beneficiaries in Naval Home. Section 24, act Mar. 4, 1917, ch. 180, 39 Stat. 1175, provided that moneys derived from certain sales and rentals be turned into naval pension fund. Section 25, act Aug. 22, 1912, ch. 335, 37 Stat. 334, related to employment of beneficiaries in service of Naval Home.

26 to 28. Repealed. July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIII, 1313, 58 Stat. 714

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, 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, 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. 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.

29, 29a. Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, 1(45), 65 Stat. 703

Section 29, acts Mar. 15, 1920, ch. 100, 1, 41 Stat. 530; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 156, 41 Stat. 1365, related to disposal of surplus material for the Public Health Service. Section 29a, acts Mar. 15, 1920, ch. 100, 4, 41 Stat. 531; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 156, 41 Stat. 1365, related to charges incurred in the disposal of surplus material.

24 USC 30 - Payments to donors of blood for persons undergoing treatment at Government expense

Any person, whether or not in the employ of the United States, who shall furnish blood from his or her veins for transfusion into the veins of a person entitled to and undergoing treatment at Government expense, whether in a Federal hospital or institution or in a civilian hospital or institution, or who shall furnish blood for blood banks or for other scientific and research purposes in connection with the care of any person entitled to treatment at Government expense, shall be entitled to be paid therefor such reasonable sum, not to exceed $50, for each blood withdrawal as may be determined by the head of the department or independent agency concerned, from public funds available to such department or independent agency for medical and hospital supplies: Provided, That no payment shall be made under this authority to any person for blood withdrawn for the benefit of the person from whom it is withdrawn.

24 USC 31 - Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 53, 70A Stat. 641

Section, act Jan. 19, 1929, ch. 85, 45 Stat. 1090, related to care of naval patients in other Government hospitals where naval hospital facilities are not available. See section 6201 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

32, 33. Repealed. June 7, 1956, ch. 374, 306(2), 70 Stat. 254

Section 32, act May 10, 1943, ch. 95, 2, 57 Stat. 80, authorized hospitalization of dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel. See section 1071 et seq. of Title 10, Armed Forces. Section 33, act May 10, 1943, ch. 95, 3, 57 Stat. 81, defined dependents and children. See section 1071 et seq. of Title 10.

24 USC 34 - Hospitalization of persons outside continental limits of United States; persons entitled; availability of other facilities; rate of charges; disposition of payments

In addition to those persons, including the dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel, now authorized to receive hospitalization at naval hospitals, hospitalization and dispensary service may be provided at naval hospitals and dispensaries outside of the continental limits of the United States and in Alaska, to the officers and employees of any department or agency of the Federal Government, to employees of a contractor with the United States or his subcontractor, to the dependents of such persons, and in emergencies to such other persons as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe: Provided, That such hospitalization and dispensary service to other than the dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel shall be permitted only where facilities are not otherwise available in reasonably accessible and appropriate non-Federal hospitals. The charge for hospitalization or dispensary service for persons other than dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel as specified in this section shall be at such rates as the President shall from time to time prescribe, and shall be deposited as provided in section 321 of this title.
[1] See References in Text note below.

24 USC 35 - Limitation of medical, surgical or hospital services

Hospitalization of the dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel and of the persons outside the naval service mentioned in section 34 of this title shall be furnished only for acute medical and surgical conditions, exclusive of nervous, mental, or contagious diseases or those requiring domiciliary care. Routine dental care, other than dental prosthesis and orthodontia, may be furnished to such persons who are outside the naval service under the same conditions as are prescribed in section 34 of this title for hospital and dispensary care for such persons.

24 USC 36 - Repealed. June 7, 1956, ch. 374, 306(2), 70 Stat. 254

Section, act May 10, 1943, ch. 95, 6, 57 Stat. 41, made sections 32 to 36 of this title applicable to dependents of personnel of the Coast Guard.

24 USC 37 - Manufacture of products by patients at naval hospitals; ownership of products

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to furnish materials for the manufacture or production by patients of products incident to the convalescence and rehabilitation of such patients in naval hospitals and other naval medical facilities, and ownership thereof shall be vested in the patients manufacturing or producing such products, except that the ownership of items manufactured or produced specifically for the use of a naval hospital or other naval medical facility shall be vested in the Government and such items shall be accounted for and disposed of accordingly.