10 USC § 1074c - Medical care: authority to provide a wig

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title: "10 USC § 1074c - Medical care: authority to provide a wig"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1074c"
section_name: "Medical care: authority to provide a wig"
chapter_number: 55
chapter_name: "MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(e)(2)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2616, § 1074b; renumbered § 1074c, Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VI, § 640(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1385.)"
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# § 1074c. Medical care: authority to provide a wig

A person entitled to medical care under this chapter who has alopecia resulting from the treatment of a malignant disease may be furnished a wig if the person has not previously been furnished one at the expense of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(e)(2)(A), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2616, § 1074b; renumbered § 1074c, Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title VI, § 640(a)(1), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1385.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation acts:

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### Amendments

1991— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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