10 USC § 8282 - Insane members of the naval service

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title: "10 USC § 8282 - Insane members of the naval service"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8282"
section_name: "Insane members of the naval service"
chapter_number: 833
chapter_name: "HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL CARE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 387, § 6202; renumbered § 8282, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835.)"
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# § 8282. Insane members of the naval service

A member of the naval service who becomes insane may be placed in the hospital for the insane that, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, is most convenient and will provide the most beneficial treatment.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 387, § 6202; renumbered § 8282, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6202 | 34 U.S.C. 595. | R.S. 1551; July 1, 1916, ch. 209, § 1, 39 Stat. 309. |

The words “that * * * will provide the most beneficial treatment” are substituted for the words “best calculated to promise a restoration of reason” for clarity. The second sentence of  is omitted as superseded. It provided a method by which the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, could compensate other agencies for expenses involved in hospitalizing insane naval patients. Other provisions of law, principally , , and , and regulations, principally Executive Order 10122, of , establish the method currently used.

## 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 .