38 USC § 705 - Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors

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title: "38 USC § 705 - Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "705"
section_name: "Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "EMPLOYEES"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL EMPLOYEE MATTERS"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 395.)"
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# § 705. Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors

The Secretary may pay for official telephone service and rental in the field whenever incurred in case of official telephones for directors of centers, hospitals, independent clinics, domiciliaries, and medical officers of the Department where such telephones are installed in private residences or private apartments or quarters, when authorized under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 102–83, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 395.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 705 was renumbered .

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in  prior to repeal by .