Title 24, Hospitals and AsylumsRelease 119-102
§37 Manufacture of Products by Patients at Naval Hospitals; Ownership of Products
Title 24 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVY HOSPITALS, ARMY AND NAVY HOSPITAL, AND HOSPITAL RELIEF FOR SEAMEN AND OTHERS › § 37
Summary
The Secretary of the Navy may give materials to patients in Navy hospitals and other naval medical facilities so they can make things as part of their recovery and rehabilitation. Patients own what they make, unless an item is made specifically for the hospital’s use; those items belong to the government and must be recorded and disposed of by the hospital.
Full Legal Text
Title 24, §37
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The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to furnish materials for the manufacture or production by patients of products incident to the convalescence and rehabilitation of such patients in naval hospitals and other naval medical facilities, and ownership thereof shall be vested in the patients manufacturing or producing such products, except that the ownership of items manufactured or produced specifically for the use of a naval hospital or other naval medical facility shall be vested in the Government and such items shall be accounted for and disposed of accordingly.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Delegation of Powers and Authority Act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858, authorized Secretary of the Navy to delegate to such persons in Naval Establishment and to such extent as he may deem proper, with or without authority to make successive redelegations, authority conferred upon Secretary by this section, except authority to prescribe
Regulations
. Such section 39 was repealed by act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641, less its applicability to this section and section 21a of this title.
Reference
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Citation
24 U.S.C. § 37
Title 24, Hospitals and Asylums
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102