10 USC § 8283 - Emergency medical treatment: reimbursement for expense

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title: "10 USC § 8283 - Emergency medical treatment: reimbursement for expense"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8283"
section_name: "Emergency medical treatment: reimbursement for expense"
chapter_number: 833
chapter_name: "HOSPITALIZATION AND MEDICAL CARE"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 387, § 6203; renumbered § 8283, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(11), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1835.)"
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# § 8283. Emergency medical treatment: reimbursement for expense

The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations for reimbursing members of the naval service for expenses of emergency or necessary medical service, including hospitalization and medicines, when the member was in a duty status at the time he received the service and the service was not available from a Federal source. For the purpose of this section, a member on leave or liberty is in a duty status.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 387, § 6203; renumbered § 8283, 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) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6203 | 34 U.S.C. 921a. | May 4, 1948, ch. 254, § 2, 62 Stat. 208. |
|  | 34 U.S.C. 921b. | May 4, 1948, ch. 254, § 3, 62 Stat. 208. |

The word “shall” is substituted for the words “authorized and directed to”. The word “members” is substituted for the word “persons”. The words “from civilian sources” are omitted as surplusage. The word “hospitalization” is substituted for the words “hospital service”. In the second sentence, the word “authorized” is omitted as surplusage.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Prior sections 8284 and 8285 were repealed by , , , effective .

Section 8284, , , provided that appointments in commissioned grades in Regular Air Force be made by President, by and with advice and consent of Senate. See .

Section 8285, acts , ; , , ; , , , prescribed eligibility requirements for original appointment in a commissioned grade in Regular Air Force, except designation as a medical or dental officer and except a graduating cadet. See .

### 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 .