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Code · U.S. Code · Title 38 - VETERANS’ BENEFITS · CHAPTER 81— ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF HOSPITAL AND DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY; ENHANCED-USE LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY · SUBCHAPTER I— ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES · § 8105

§ 8105. Structural requirements

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(a)Each medical facility (including each nursing home facility for which the Secretary contracts under section 1720 of this title and each State home facility constructed or altered under subchapter III of this chapter) shall be of fire, earthquake, and other natural disaster resistant construction in accordance with standards which the Secretary shall prescribe on a State or regional basis after surveying appropriate State and local laws, ordinances, and building codes and climatic and seismic conditions pertinent to each such facility. When an existing structure is acquired for use as a medical facility, it shall be altered to comply with such standards.
(1)In order to carry out this section, the Secretary shall appoint an advisory committee to be known as the “Advisory Committee on Structural Safety of Department Facilities”, on which shall serve at least one architect and one structural engineer who are experts in structural resistance to fire, earthquake, and other natural disasters and who are not employees of the Federal Government.
(2)Such advisory committee shall advise the Secretary on all matters of structural safety in the construction and altering of medical facilities in accordance with the requirements of this section and shall review and make recommendations to the Secretary on the regulations prescribed under this section.
(3)The Associate Deputy Secretary, the Under Secretary for Health or the designee of the Under Secretary for Health, and the Department official charged with the responsibility for construction shall be ex officio members of such advisory committee.
(Added Pub. L. 96–22, title III, § 301(a), June 13, 1979, 93 Stat. 57, § 5005; amended Pub. L. 96–128, title V, § 501(e), Nov. 28, 1979, 93 Stat. 987; renumbered § 8105, Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 102–83, §§ 4(a)(3), (4), (b)(1), (2)(E), 5(c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 404–406; Pub. L. 102–405, title III, § 302(c)(1), Oct. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 1984.)
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  • Pub. L. 96–22, title III, § 301(a)
  • 93 Stat. 57
  • Pub. L. 96–128, title V, § 501(e)
  • 93 Stat. 987
  • Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1)
  • 105 Stat. 238
  • Pub. L. 102–83
  • 105 Stat. 404–406
  • Pub. L. 102–405, title III, § 302(c)(1)
  • 106 Stat. 1984
  • Pub. L. 102–405
  • Pub. L. 102–40
  • section 5005 of this title
  • Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(c)(1)
  • Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(b)(1)
  • Pub. L. 102–83, § 4(a)(3)
  • Pub. L. 96–128
  • section 5031 of this title
  • section 601(b) of Pub. L. 96–128
  • section 302 of Pub. L. 96–22
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§ 8105
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U.S.C.§ 1720
U.S.C.§ 1114
U.S.C.§ 8101
U.S.C.§ 1013
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–22, title III, § 301(a)
Stat.93 Stat. 57
Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–128, title V, § 501(e)
Stat.93 Stat. 987
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 402(b)(1)
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