50 USC § 3810 - Emergency medical care

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3810"
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title: "50 USC § 3810 - Emergency medical care"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3810"
section_name: "Emergency medical care"
chapter_number: 49
chapter_name: "MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 11, 62 Stat. 621; Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 101(a)(30), Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 352; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(t), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(2), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2202(b)(2), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4985.)"
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# § 3810. Emergency medical care

section 2303 of title 38

Under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the President, funds available to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall also be available for the payment of actual and reasonable expenses of emergency medical care, including hospitalization, of registrants who suffer illness or injury, and the transportation and burial of the remains of registrants who suffer death, while acting under orders issued under the provisions of this chapter, but such burial expenses shall not exceed the maximum that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may pay under the provisions of  regarding veterans described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(2) of such section in any one case.

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**Source Credit**: (June 24, 1948, ch. 625, title I, § 11, 62 Stat. 621; Pub. L. 92–129, title I, § 101(a)(30), Sept. 28, 1971, 85 Stat. 352; Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(t), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(2), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2202(b)(2), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4985.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 461 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

2021— substituted “ regarding veterans described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of subsection (a)(2) of such section” for “”.

1991— substituted “” for “”.

substituted “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” for “Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs”.

1971— substituted “the maximum that the Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs may pay under the provisions of ” for “$150”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to deaths that occur on or after the date that is two years after , see , set out as a note under , Veterans’ Benefits.