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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 373-JULY 1, 1944 24 U. . C., Supp. m, §32. Services required by Coast Guard. Aid to crews of des- ignated American ves- ses. 41 Stat. 613. 31 U. . C., Supp. m,1 §6. in subsection (a), other than temporary members of the United States Coast Guard Reserve, shall be furnished medical advice and out-patient treatment by the Service at its hospitals and relief stations, and they shall also be furnished hospitalization at hospitals of the Service, if suitable accommodations are available, at a per diem cost to the officer, enlisted person, or member of a crew con- cerned. Such cost shall be at such uniform rate as may be prescribed from time to time by the President for the hospitalization of depend- ents of naval and Marine Corps personnel at any naval hospital, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of May 10, 1943 (57 Stat. 80). (c) The Service shall provide all services referred to in subsection (a) required by the Coast Guard and shall perform all duties pre- scribed by statute in connection with the examinations to determine physical'or mental condition for purposes of appointment, enlistment, and reenlistment, promotion and retirement, and officers of the Service assigned to duty on Coast Guard vessels may extend aid to the crews of American vessels engaged in deep-sea fishing. INTEADEPARTENTAL WORK SEC. 327. Nothing contained in this part shall affect the authority of the Service to furnish any materials, supplies, or equipment, or per- form any work or services, requested in accordance with section 7 of the Act of May 21, 1920, as amended (U. S . C., 1940 edition, title 31, sec. 686), or the authority of any other executive department to fur- nish any materials, supplies, or equipment, or perform any work or services, requested by the Federal Security Agency for the Service in accordance with that section. PArT D-LEPERS RECEIPT OF LEPERS Admission into ap- SEC. 331. The Service shall, in accordance with regulations, receive propriate Service hos- pitais. into any hospital of the Service suitable for his accommodation any person afflicted with leprosy who presents himself for care, deten- Infra. tion, or treatment, or who may be apprehended under section 332 or PM, P. 703. 361 of this Act, and any person afflicted with leprosy duly consigned to the care of the Service by the proper health authority of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia. The Surgeon General is authorized, upon the request of any health authority, to send for any person within the jurisdiction of such authority who is afflicted with leprosy and to convey such person to the appropriate hospital for detention and treatment. When the transportation of any such per- son is undertaken for the protection of the public health the expense of such removal shall be met from funds available for the mainte- nance of hospitals of the Service. APPREHENSION, DETENTION, TREATMENT, AND RELEASE SEC. 332. The Surgeon General may provide by regulation for the apprehension, detention, treatment, and release of persons being treated by the Service for leprosy. PART E--NARCOTICS ADDICTS CARE AND TREATMENT SEC. 341. The Surgeon General is authorized to provide for the confinement, care, protection treatment, and discipline of persons addicted to the use of habit-forming narcotic drugs who voluntarily 698 [58 STAT.

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