Title 24 — Hospitals and AsylumsRelease 119-73
§35 Limitation of medical, surgical or hospital services
Title 24 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS › § 35
Summary
Covered dependents can only get hospital care for sudden (acute) medical or surgical problems; mental, nervous, contagious, and long‑term care are not covered. Routine dental care (not prostheses or orthodontia) for those outside naval service is allowed under the law.
Full Legal Text
Title 24, §35
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Hospitalization of the dependents of naval and Marine Corps personnel and of the persons outside the naval service mentioned in section 34 of this title shall be furnished only for acute medical and surgical conditions, exclusive of nervous, mental, or contagious diseases or those requiring domiciliary care. Routine dental care, other than dental prosthesis and orthodontia, may be furnished to such persons who are outside the naval service under the same conditions as are prescribed in section 34 of this title for hospital and dispensary care for such persons.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1986—Pub. L. 99–251 amended second sentence generally. Prior to amendment, second sentence read as follows: “Dental treatment shall be administered only as an adjunct to inpatient hospital care and shall not include dental prosthesis or orthodontia.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Partial Repeal;
Effective Date
Act
June 7, 1956, ch. 374, § 306(2), 70 Stat. 254, repealed this section except insofar as it relates to persons outside the Naval Service mentioned in section 34 of this title. section 307 of act
June 7, 1956, ch. 374, 70 Stat. 254, provided that such repeal was effective six months after
June 7, 1956.
Reference
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Citation
24 U.S.C. § 35
Title 24 — Hospitals and Asylums
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73