Authorizing Legislation

§ 252

TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

quested by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management for the purpose of promoting health and efficiency;
(3) seamen for purposes of qualifying for certificates of service; and
(4) employees eligible for benefits under the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation
Act, as amended [33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.], as requested by any deputy commissioner thereunder.
(b) The Secretary is authorized to provide
medical, surgical, and dental treatment and hospitalization and optometric care for Federal employees (as defined in section 8901(1) of title 5)
and their dependents at remote medical facilities of the Public Health Service where such
care and treatment are not otherwise available.
Such employees and their dependents who are
not entitled to this care and treatment under
any other provision of law shall be charged for
it at rates established by the Secretary to reflect the reasonable cost of providing the care
and treatment. Any payments pursuant to the
preceding sentence shall be credited to the applicable appropriation to the Public Health
Service for the year in which such payments are
received.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 324, 58 Stat. 697;
Pub. L. 90–174, § 10(a), (b), Dec. 5, 1967, 81 Stat.
540; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979,
43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783; Pub. L. 97–468, title
VI, § 615(b)(4), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2578; Pub. L.
98–426, § 27(d)(2), Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1654.)

Page 240

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
‘‘Director of the Office of Personnel Management’’
substituted for ‘‘Civil Service Commission’’ in subsec.
(a)(2), pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, § 102, 43
F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783, set out under section 1101 of
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees,
which transferred all functions vested by statute in
United States Civil Service Commission to Director of
Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise
specified), effective Jan. 1, 1979, as provided by section
1–102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, set
out under section 1101 of Title 5.
Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General
of Public Health Service, and all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, and functions of all
agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred to
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg.
Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat.
1610, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section
3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

§ 252. Medical examination of aliens
The Surgeon General shall provide for making,
at places within the United States or in other
countries, such physical and mental examinations of aliens as are required by the immigration laws, subject to administrative regulations
prescribed by the Attorney General and medical
regulations prescribed by the Surgeon General
with the approval of the Secretary.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 325, 58 Stat. 697;
1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18
F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation
Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a)(4), is act
Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, 44 Stat. 1424, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 18 (§ 901 et seq.) of Title
33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 901 of
Title 33 and Tables.

The immigration laws, referred to in text, are classified generally to Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. See,
also, section 1101(a)(17) of Title 8.

CODIFICATION
In subsec. (a), ‘‘subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5’’
substituted for ‘‘United States Employees’ Compensation Act’’ on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6,
1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
AMENDMENTS
1984—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 98–426 substituted ‘‘Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act’’ for
‘‘Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation
Act’’.
1983—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 97–468 struck out ‘‘employees of the Alaska Railroad and’’ before ‘‘employees
of the Federal Government’’.
1967—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90–174, § 10(a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and redesignated cls. (a)
to (d) as cls. (1) to (4), respectively.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–174, § 10(b), added subsec. (b).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–426 effective Sept. 28, 1984,
see section 28(e)(1) of Pub. L. 98–426, set out as a note
under section 901 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable
Waters.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1983 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–468 effective on date of
transfer of Alaska Railroad to the State [Jan. 5, 1985],
pursuant to section 1203 of Title 45, Railroads, see section 615(b) of Pub. L. 97–468.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855,
80 Stat. 1610, and functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of
Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, set out as a note under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and
Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which
is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
and all agencies of Federal Security Agency transferred
to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by
section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note
under section 3501 of this title. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of
Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953. Secretary and Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary
and Department of Health and Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section
3508(b) of Title 20.
ABOLITION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
SERVICE AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization
Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related
references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title
8, Aliens and Nationality.

§ 253. Medical services to Coast Guard, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
and Public Health Service
(a) Persons entitled to medical services
Subject to regulations of the President—