Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-83
§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 II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 55— MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE › § 1091a
Summary
The Secretary of Defense must make sure that Department of Defense medical records show the organization that any independent health care contractor works for. An "independent health care contractor" is a provider who works for a contractor (not as a personal employee) under federal contracting rules, and who gives care in military hospitals, clinics, or other places controlled by the Department of Defense.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1091a
Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(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 18, 2026
Release point: 119-83