42 CFR § 31.14 - Application for treatment; active duty personnel.

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title: "42 CFR § 31.14 - Application for treatment; active duty personnel."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "31.14"
section_name: "Application for treatment; active duty personnel."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL CARE AND EXAMINATIONS"
part_number: "31"
part_name: "MEDICAL CARE FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL OF THE COAST GUARD, NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, AND FORMER LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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regulatory_source: "21 FR 9821, Dec. 12, 1956, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "31"
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# 31.14 Application for treatment; active duty personnel.

An applicant for medical relief who is on active duty shall furnish a certificate identifying him. Such certificate shall be signed by an officer or other appropriate supervisory official of the Coast Guard. In an emergency, the officer in charge of a medical relief station, or a designated physician or designated dentist, may accept other evidence of status satisfactory to him.

(Sec. 610(b), 58 Stat. 714 as amended; 33 U.S.C. 763c)