§ 13. — Medical attention to employees at isolated places; removal of bodies for burial.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC13]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Sec. 13. Medical attention to employees at isolated places;
removal of bodies for burial
The Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is authorized to
provide, out of moneys appropriated for the general expense of the
several national parks and national monuments, medical attention for
employees of the National Park Service located at isolated situations,
including the moving of such employees to hospitals or other places
where medical assistance is available, and in case of death to remove
the bodies of deceased employees to the nearest place where they can be
prepared for shipment or for burial.
(July 3, 1926, ch. 792, Sec. 2, 44 Stat. 900.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
