10 USC § 7563 - Clothing: replacement when destroyed to prevent contagion

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s7563"
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title: "10 USC § 7563 - Clothing: replacement when destroyed to prevent contagion"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7563"
section_name: "Clothing: replacement when destroyed to prevent contagion"
chapter_number: 765
chapter_name: "ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL TO ARMED FORCES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 256, § 4563; renumbered § 7563, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)"
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# § 7563. Clothing: replacement when destroyed to prevent contagion

Upon the recommendation of the Surgeon General, the Secretary of the Army may order a gratuitous issue of clothing to any enlisted member of the Army who has had a contagious disease, and to any hospital attendant who attended him while he had that disease, to replace clothing destroyed by order of an officer of the Medical Corps to prevent contagion.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 256, § 4563; renumbered § 7563, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1839.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 4563 | 10:834. | R.S. 1298. |

The words “enlisted member” are substituted for the word “soldiers”. The words “any articles of their” are omitted as surplusage. The words “while he had that disease” are inserted for clarity. The words “an officer of the Medical Corps” are substituted for the words “proper medical officers”.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .