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U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare
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General SummaryThe U.S. Code is a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. While every effort has been made to ensure that this reproduction of the Code is accurate, those using it for legal purposes should verify their results against the printed version of the Code available through the Government Printing Office.
§ 250. Medical Care and Treatment of Federal Prisoners
The Service shall supervise and furnish medical treatment and other necessary medical, psychiatric, and related technical and scientific services, authorized by section 4005 of title 18, in penal and correctional institutions of the United States.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title III, § 323, 58 Stat. 697.)
Codification
"Section 4005 of title 18" substituted in text for "the Act of May 13, 1930, as amended (U.S.C., 1940 edition, title 18, secs. 751, 752)" on authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 684, the first section of which enacted Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Transfer of Functions
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 254e of this title.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", "§ 250. Medical Care and Treatment of Federal Prisoners," U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare in U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2002), Original Sources, accessed July 12, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3TKIU3SIWFUNHL5.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel". "§ 250. Medical Care and Treatment of Federal Prisoners." U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare, in U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 2002, Original Sources. 12 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3TKIU3SIWFUNHL5.
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"U.S. Congress, Office of the Law Revision Counsel", '§ 250. Medical Care and Treatment of Federal Prisoners' in U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare. cited in 2002, U.S. Code, Title 42, the Public Health and Welfare, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.. Original Sources, retrieved 12 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3TKIU3SIWFUNHL5.
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