§ 253.
Medical services to Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service
(a)
Persons entitled to medical services
Subject to regulations of the President—
(1)
commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, warrant officers, cadets, and enlisted personnel of the Regular Coast Guard on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and Regular, and temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve when on active duty;
(2)
commissioned officers, ships’ officers, and members of the crews of vessels of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on active duty, including those on shore duty and those on detached duty; and
(3)
commissioned officers of the Regular or Reserve Corps
1
See Change of Name note below.
of the Public Health Service on active duty;
shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization by the Service. The Surgeon General may detail commissioned officers for duty aboard vessels of the Coast Guard or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(b)
Health care for involuntarily separated officers and dependents
(1)
The Secretary may provide health care for an officer of the Regular or Reserve Corps 1 involuntarily separated from the Service, and for any dependent of such officer, if—
(A)
the officer or dependent was receiving health care at the expense of the Service at the time of separation; and
(B)
the Secretary finds that the officer or dependent is unable to obtain appropriate insurance for the conditions for which the officer or dependent was receiving health care.
(2)
Health care may be provided under paragraph (1) for a period of not more than one year from the date of separation of the officer from the Service.
([July 1, 1944, ch. 373], title III, § 326, [58 Stat. 697]; [June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306(3)], [70 Stat. 254]; [Pub. L. 86–415, § 5(d)], Apr. 8, 1960, [74 Stat. 34]; [Pub. L. 88–71, § 2], July 19, 1963, [77 Stat. 83]; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, [79 Stat. 1318]; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, [84 Stat. 2090]; [Pub. L. 99–117, § 5], Oct. 7, 1985, [99 Stat. 492].)