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Code · U.S. Code · Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · CHAPTER 6A— PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE · SUBCHAPTER II— GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES · § 248

§ 248. Control and management of hospitals; furnishing prosthetic and orthopedic devices; transfer of patients; disposal of articles produced by patients; disposal of money and effects of deceased patients; payment of burial expenses

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The Surgeon General, pursuant to regulations, shall—
(a)Control, manage, and operate all institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service, including minor repairs and maintenance, and provide for the care, treatment, and hospitalization of patients, including the furnishing of prosthetic and orthopedic devices; and from time to time, with the approval of the President, select suitable sites for and establish such additional institutions, hospitals, and stations in the States and possessions of the United States as in his judgment are necessary to enable the Service to discharge its functions and duties;
(b)Provide for the transfer of Public Health Service patients, in the care of attendants where necessary, between hospitals and stations operated by the Service or between such hospitals and stations and other hospitals and stations in which Public Health Service patients may be received, and the payment of expenses of such transfer;
(c)Provide for the disposal of articles produced by patients in the course of their curative treatment, either by allowing the patient to retain such articles or by selling them and depositing the money received therefor to the credit of the appropriation from which the materials for making the articles were purchased;
(d)Provide for the disposal of money and effects, in the custody of the hospitals or stations, of deceased patients; and
(e)Provide, to the extent the Surgeon General determines that other public or private funds are not available therefor, for the payment of expenses of preparing and transporting the remains of, or the payment of reasonable burial expenses for, any patient dying in a hospital or station.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 321, 58 Stat. 695; June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 2, 62 Stat. 1017; Pub. L. 95–622, title II, § 266, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3437.)
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  • July 1, 1944, ch. 373
  • 58 Stat. 695
  • June 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 2
  • 62 Stat. 1017
  • Pub. L. 95–622, title II, § 266
  • 92 Stat. 3437
  • Pub. L. 95–622
  • section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88
  • 80 Stat. 1610
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§ 248
Control and management of hospitals; furnishing prosthetic and orthopedic devices; transfer of patients; disposal of articles produced by patients; disposal of money and effects of deceased patients; payment of burial expenses
Fed. Reg.×50
Stat.×26
U.S.C.×2
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ActJuly 1, 1944, ch. 373
Stat.58 Stat. 695
ActJune 25, 1948, ch. 654, § 2
Stat.62 Stat. 1017
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–622, title II, § 266
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