42 CFR § 31.3 - Use of Service facilities.

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title: "42 CFR § 31.3 - Use of Service facilities."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "31.3"
section_name: "Use of Service facilities."
chapter_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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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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# 31.3 Use of Service facilities.

Except as otherwise provided in §§ 31.3 to 31.10, the persons specified in § 31.2 shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization only at medical relief stations and by designated physicians and designated dentists, and the cost of services procured elsewhere shall not be borne by the Service.

(Sec. 326, 58 Stat. 697, as amended 42 U.S.C. 253)