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P U B L I C LAW
85-857-SEPT.
2,
1958
1251
PART VI—ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY CHAPTER
Sec.
81. Acquisition and Operation of Hospital and Domiciliary Facilities; Procurement and Supply 5001 83. Acceptance of Gifts and Bequests 5101 85. Disposition of Deceased Veterans' Personal Property 5201
CHAPTER 81—ACQUISITION A N D OPERATION OF HOSPITAL A N D DOMICILIARY FACILITIES; PROCUREMENT A N D SUPPLY SUBCHAPTER I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITALS AND HOMES
Sec.
5001. 5002. 5003. 5004. 5005. 5006.
Hospital and domiciliary facilities. Construction and repair of buildings. Use of Armed Forces facilities. Garages on hospital and domiciliary reservations. Acceptance of certain property. Property formerly owned by National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. SUBCHAPTER II—PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY
5011. 5012. 5013. 5014.
Revolving supply fund. Authority to procure and dispose of property. Procurement of prosthetic appliances. Grant of easements in Government-owned lands.
Subchapter I—Provisions Relating to Hospitals and Homes § 5001. Hospital and domiciliary facilities (a) The Administrator, subject to the approval of the President, shall provide hospitals, domiciliaries, and out-patient dispensary facilities for veterans entitled under this title to hospital or domiciliary care or medical services. Such hospitals, domiciliaries, and other facilities may be provided by (1) purchase, replacement, or remodeling or extension of existing plants, or (2) construction of such facilities on sites already owned by the United States or on sites acquired by purchase, condemnation, gift, or otherwise. (b) Hospitals and domiciliaries provided by the Administrator under subsection (a) shall be of fireproof construction. Where an existing plant is purchased it shall be remodeled to be fireproof. (c) The location of each hospital or domiciliary and its nature (whether for domiciliary care or the treatment of tuoerculosis, neuropsychiatric cases, or general medical and surgical cases) shall be within the discretion of the Administrator, subject to the approval of the President. (d) The Administrator may accept gifts or donations for any of the purposes of this section. (e) The Administrator, subject to the approval of the President, may use as hospitals, domiciliaries, or out-patient dispensary facilities such suitable buildings, structures, and grounds owned by the United States on March 3, 1925, as may be available for such purposes, and the President may by Executive order transfer any such buildings, structures, and grounds to the control and jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration upon the request of the Administrator.
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