Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§1091a Identification in patient medical records of affiliation of certain non-Department of Defense health care providers
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE › § 1091a
Summary
DoD medical records must list the organization for any independent health care contractor. An independent health care contractor is a provider who is a nonpersonal services contractor or employee under subpart 37.4 of FAR who provides care at military medical facilities or locations under the Secretary of Defense (see section 1073c(j)).
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Title 10, §1091a
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(a)The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that medical records of the Department of Defense include the organizational affiliation of any independent health care contractor identified in such medical records.
(b)In this section, the term “independent health care contractor” means a health care provider who meets the following criteria:
(1)The health care provider is a nonpersonal services contractor, or an employee of such a contractor, pursuant to subpart 37.4 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, or other applicable regulation.
(2)The health care provider provides health care services under this chapter in any military medical treatment facility (as defined in section 1073c(j) of this title) or other location under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense, including an operational clinic.
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2025—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “section 1073c(j)” for “section 1073c(i)”.
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10 U.S.C. § 1091a
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73