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 Disposal of artcle produced by patients. Deceased patients. Persons entitled to free treatment. Seamen on foreign- flag vessels Treatment. Persons under quar- antine etc. Temporary treat- ment in case of emer- gency. Care and treatment at non-Servie facil- lies PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 373-JULY 1, 1944 [58 STAT. 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 pur- chased; and (d) Provide for the disposal of money and effects, in the cus- tody of the hospitals or stations, of deceased patients. CARE AND TREATMENT OF SAMEN AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS SEC. 322. (a) The following persons shall be entitled, in accord- ance with regulations, to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization without charge at hospitals and other stations of the Service: (1) Seamen employed on vessels of the United States regis- tered, enrolled, and licensed under the maritime laws thereof, other than canal boats engaged in the coasting trade; (2) Seamen employed on United States or foreign flag vessels as employees of the United States through the War Shipping Administration; (3) Seamen, not enlisted or commissioned in the military or naval establishments, who are employed on State school ships or on vessels of the United States Government of more than five tons' burden; (4) Cadets at State maritime academies or on State training ships; (5) Seamen on vessels of the Mississippi River Commission and, upon application of their commanding officers, officers and crews of vessels of the Fish and Wildlife Service; (6) Enrollees in the United States Maritime Service on active duty and members of the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps; and (7) Employees and noncommissioned officers in the field serv- ice of the Public Health Service when injured or taken sick in line of duty. (b) When suitable accommodations are available, seamen on for- eign-flag vessels may be given medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization on application of the master, owner, or agent of the vessel at hospitals and other stations of the Service at rates fixed by regulations. All expenses connected with such treatment, includ- ing burial in the event of death, shall be paid by such master, owner, or agent. No such vessel shall be granted clearance until such expenses are paid or their payment appropriately guaranteed to the Collector of Customs. (c) Any person when detained in accordance with quarantine laws, or, at the request of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, any person detained by that Service, may be treated and cared for by the Public Health Service. (d) Persons not entitled to treatment and care at institutions, hospitals, and stations of the Service may, in accordance with regu- lations of the Surgeon General, be admitted thereto for temporary treatment and care in case of emergency. (e) Persons entitled to care and treatment under subsection (a) of this section may, in accordance with regulations, receive such care and treatment at the expense of the Service from public or private medical or hospital facilities other than those of the Service, when authorized by the officer in charge of the station at which the appli- cation is made.

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