16 USC § 369 - Charges assessable against bath attendants and masseurs and physicians prescribing use of hot waters

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s369"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 369 - Charges assessable against bath attendants and masseurs and physicians prescribing use of hot waters"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "369"
section_name: "Charges assessable against bath attendants and masseurs and physicians prescribing use of hot waters"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XL"
subchapter_name: "HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 918; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1407; Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 365, 46 Stat. 1462.)"
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# § 369. Charges assessable against bath attendants and masseurs and physicians prescribing use of hot waters

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to assess and collect from physicians who desire to prescribe the hot waters from the Hot Springs National Park reasonable fees for examination and registration; and he is also authorized to assess and collect from bath attendants and masseurs operating in bathhouses receiving hot water from the park reasonable annual charges to cover the cost of physical examinations.

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**Source Credit**: (June 5, 1920, ch. 235, § 1, 41 Stat. 918; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1407; Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 365, 46 Stat. 1462.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

As originally enacted, this section authorized reasonable charges against physicians, including fees for examination and registration. It also authorized collection of reasonable charges from bath attendants and masseurs, and provided that the moneys received should be used in the protection and improvement of the park.

### Amendments

1931—Act , struck out provision that moneys received from the assessment and collection of fees were to be used for the protection and improvement of the park.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Hot Springs National Park” substituted in text for “Hot Springs Reservation” pursuant to act .