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PUBLIC LAW 85-56-JUNE 17, 19 57 SEEING-E.YE DOGS

SEC. 514. The Administrator may provide seeing-eye or guide dogs trained for the aid of the blind to veterans who are entitled to disability compensation, and he may pay all necessary travel expenses to and from their homes and incurred in becoming adjusted to such seeingeye or guide dogs. The Administrator may also provide such veterans with mechanical-electronic equipment for aiding them in overcoming the handicap of blindness. TOBACCO FOR H O S P I T A L I Z E D VETERANS

SEC. 515. The Administrator may furnish tobacco to veterans receiving hospital or domiciliary care. PART C—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VETERANS POWER TO MAKE RULES AND REGULATIONS

SEC. 521. The Administrator shall prescribe— (1) such rules and procedure governing the furnishing of hospital and domiciliary care as he may deem proper and necessarj-; (2) limitations in connection with the furnishing of hospital and domiciliary care; and (3) such rules and regulations as he deems necessary in order to promote good conduct on the part of persons who are receiving hospital or domiciliary care in Veterans' Administration facilities. STATEMENT UNDER OATH

SEC. 522. For the purposes of section 510(a)(1) and section 510 (b)(2), the statement under oath of an applicant on such form as may be prescribed by the Administrator shall be accepted as sufficient evidence of inability to defray necessary expenses. FURNISHING OF CLOTHING

SEC. 523. The Administrator shall not furnish clothing to persons who are in Veterans' Administration facilities, except (1) where the furnishing of such clothing to indigent persons is necessary to protect health or sanitation, and (2) where he furnishes veterans with special clothing made necessary by the wearing of prosthetic appliances. H O S P I T A L CARE A N D MEDICAL SERVICES ABROAD

SEC. 524. The Administrator shall not furnish hospital or domiciliary care or medical services outside the continental limits of the United States, or a Territory, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States, except that he may furnish necessary hospital care and medical services for service-connected disabilities incurred during a period of war to veterans who are citizens of the United States temporarily sojourning or residing abroad. ARRESTS FOR C R I M E S I N H O S P I T A L AND DOMICILIARY RESERVATIONS

SEC. 525. For the purpose of maintaining law and order and of protecting persons and property at hospitals and domiciliaries of the Veterans' Administration, the Administrator may designate at such hospitals and domiciliaries persons who shall have authority to make arrests for any crime or offense against the United States committed

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