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 104 STAT. 1724 PUBLIC LAW 101-510—NOV. 5, 1990 Accreditation Commission and the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Organizations. 24 USC 412. SEC. 1512. RESIDENTS OF RETIREMENT HOME (a) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO BE RESIDENTS.— Except as provided in subsection Qji), the following persons who served as members of the Armed Forces, at least one-half of whose service was not active commissioned service (other than as a warrant officer or limitedduty officer), are eligible to become residents of the Retirement Home: (1) Persons who— (A) are 60 years of age or over; and (B) were discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions after 20 or more years of active service. (2) Persons who are determined under rules prescribed by the Retirement Home Board to be incapable of earning a livelihood because of a service-connected disability incurred in the line of duty in the Armed Forces. (3) Persons who— (A) served in a war theater during a time of war declared by Congress or were eligible for hostile fire special pay under section 310 of title 37, United States Code; (B) were discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions; and (C) are determined under rules prescribed by the Retirement Home Board to be incapable of earning a livelihood because of injuries, disease, or disability. (4) Persons who— Women. (A) served in a women's component of the Armed Forces before the enactment of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948; and (B) are determined under rules prescribed by the Retirement Home Board to be eligible for admission because of compelling personal circumstances. 0?) PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO BE RESIDENTS. —A person described in subsection (a) who has been convicted of a felony or is not free of drug, alcohol, or psychiatric problems shall be ineligible to become a resident of the Retirement Home. (c) ACCEPTANCE. —To apply for acceptance as a resident of a facility of the Retirement Home, a person eligible to be a resident shall submit to the Director of that facility an application in such form and containing such information as the Retirement Home Board may require. (d) PRIORITIES FOR ACCEPTANCE. —The Retirement Home Board shall establish a system of priorities for the acceptance of residents so that the most deserving applicants will be accepted whenever the number of eligible applicants is greater than the Retirement Home can accommodate. (e) EFFECT OF DEPARTURE. — A resident of the Retirement Home who leaves the Retirement Home for more than 45 consecutive days (other than for inpatient medical care) shall be required to reapply for acceptance as a resident. (f) APPLICATION OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TO CURRENT RESI- DENTS OF THE NAVAL HOME AND THE SOLDIERS' AND AIRMEN'S HOME. — Residents of the Naval Home and the United States Sol-

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