42 C.F.R. § 31.16 Retired personnel; extent of treatment.
Title 42 - Public Health
(a) Any retired person specified in §31.11 shall be entitled to medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization at medical relief stations of the first, second, and third class, upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of his status. (b) Elective medical or surgical treatment requiring hospitalization shall be furnished only at hospitals operated by the Service. (c) Dental treatment shall be furnished to the extent of available facilities only at medical relief stations where full-time dental officers are on duty; at other medical relief stations the dental treatment shall be limited to emergency measures necessary to relieve pain. (Sec. 610(b), 58 Stat. 714, as amended; 33 U.S.C. 763c)
Title 42: Public Health
PART 31—MEDICAL CARE FOR CERTAIN PERSONNEL OF THE COAST GUARD, NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, AND FORMER LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
Provisions Applicable to Personnel of Former Lighthouse Service
§ 31.16 Retired personnel; extent of treatment.
