10 USC § 1151 - Retention of assistive technology and services provided before separation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1151"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 1151 - Retention of assistive technology and services provided before separation"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1151"
section_name: "Retention of assistive technology and services provided before separation"
chapter_number: 58
chapter_name: "BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS BEING SEPARATED OR RECENTLY SEPARATED"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 561(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2219.)"
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# § 1151. Retention of assistive technology and services provided before separation

**(a)** **Authority.—** A member of the armed forces who is provided an assistive technology or assistive technology device for a severe or debilitating illness or injury incurred or aggravated by such member while on active duty may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, be authorized to retain such assistive technology or assistive technology device upon the separation of the member from active service.

**(b)** **Definitions.—** In this section, the terms “assistive technology” and “assistive technology device” have the meaning given those terms in section 3 of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3002).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 561(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2219.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1151, added , , ; amended , , ; , title XIII, § 1331(a)–(c)(1), (d)–(g), , , 1791–1793; , title X, § 1070(a)(7), title XI, § 1131(a), (b), , , 2855, 2871; , (2), , ; , , ; , , ; , , , related to assistance to separated members to obtain certification and employment as teachers or employment as teachers’ aides, prior to repeal by , , .