---
kind: "unit"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
key: "stA/ptII/ch55"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 55"
heading: "Medical and Dental Care"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/stA-ptII-ch55"
sections_count: 96
---

# Chapter 55 — Medical and Dental Care

Title 10 — Armed Forces › Subtitle A — General Military Law › Part II — Personnel

## Sections

- [§1071. Purpose of this chapter](/usc/10/1071.md)
- [§1072. Definitions](/usc/10/1072.md)
- [§1073. Administration of this chapter](/usc/10/1073.md)
- [§1073a. Contracts for health care: best value contracting](/usc/10/1073a.md)
- [§1073b. Recurring reports and publication of certain data](/usc/10/1073b.md)
- [§1073c. Administration of Defense Health Agency and military medical treatment facilities](/usc/10/1073c.md)
- [§1073d. Military medical treatment facilities](/usc/10/1073d.md)
- [§1073e. Protection of armed forces from infectious diseases](/usc/10/1073e.md)
- [§1073f. Health care fraud and abuse prevention program](/usc/10/1073f.md)
- [§1074. Medical and dental care for members and certain former members](/usc/10/1074.md)
- [§1074a. Medical and dental care: members on duty other than active duty for a period of more than 30 days](/usc/10/1074a.md)
- [§1074b. Medical and dental care: Academy cadets and midshipmen; members of, and designated applicants for membership in, Senior ROTC](/usc/10/1074b.md)
- [§1074c. Medical care: authority to provide a wig](/usc/10/1074c.md)
- [§1074d. Certain primary and preventive health care services](/usc/10/1074d.md)
- [§1074e. Medical care: certain Reserves who served in Southwest Asia during the Persian Gulf Conflict](/usc/10/1074e.md)
- [§1074f. Medical tracking system for members deployed overseas](/usc/10/1074f.md)
- [§1074g. Pharmacy benefits program](/usc/10/1074g.md)
- [§1074h. Medical and dental care: medal of honor recipients; dependents](/usc/10/1074h.md)
- [§1074i. Reimbursement for certain travel expenses](/usc/10/1074i.md)
- [§1074j. Sub-acute care program](/usc/10/1074j.md)
- [§1074k. Long-term care insurance](/usc/10/1074k.md)
- [§1074l. Notification to Congress of hospitalization of combat wounded members](/usc/10/1074l.md)
- [§1074m. Mental health assessments for members of the armed forces deployed in support of a contingency operation](/usc/10/1074m.md)
- [§1074n. Annual mental health assessments for members of the armed forces](/usc/10/1074n.md)
- [§1074o. Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain members](/usc/10/1074o.md)
- [§1075. TRICARE Select](/usc/10/1075.md)
- [§1075a. TRICARE Prime: cost sharing](/usc/10/1075a.md)
- [§1076. Medical and dental care for dependents: general rule](/usc/10/1076.md)
- [§1076a. TRICARE dental program](/usc/10/1076a.md)
- [§1076b. Repealed.](/usc/10/1076b.md)
- [§1076c. Dental insurance plan: certain retirees and their surviving spouses and other dependents](/usc/10/1076c.md)
- [§1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE Reserve Select coverage for members of the Selected Reserve](/usc/10/1076d.md)
- [§1076e. TRICARE program: TRICARE Retired Reserve coverage for certain members of the Retired Reserve who are qualified for a non-regular retirement but are not yet age 60](/usc/10/1076e.md)
- [§1076f. TRICARE program: extension of coverage for certain members of the National Guard and dependents during certain disaster response duty](/usc/10/1076f.md)
- [§1077. Medical care for dependents: authorized care in facilities of uniformed services](/usc/10/1077.md)
- [§1077a. Access to military medical treatment facilities and other facilities](/usc/10/1077a.md)
- [§1078. Medical and dental care for dependents: charges](/usc/10/1078.md)
- [§1078a. Continued health benefits coverage](/usc/10/1078a.md)
- [§1078b. Provision of food to certain members and dependents not receiving inpatient care in military medical treatment facilities](/usc/10/1078b.md)
- [§1079. Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: plans](/usc/10/1079.md)
- [§1079a. TRICARE program: treatment of refunds and other amounts collected](/usc/10/1079a.md)
- [§1079b. Procedures for charging fees for care provided to civilians; retention and use of fees collected](/usc/10/1079b.md)
- [§1079c. Provisional coverage for emerging services and supplies](/usc/10/1079c.md)
- [§1080. Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: election of facilities](/usc/10/1080.md)
- [§1081. Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: review and adjustment of payments](/usc/10/1081.md)
- [§1082. Contracts for health care: advisory committees](/usc/10/1082.md)
- [§1083. Contracts for medical care for spouses and children: additional hospitalization](/usc/10/1083.md)
- [§1084. Determinations of dependency](/usc/10/1084.md)
- [§1085. Medical and dental care from another executive department: reimbursement](/usc/10/1085.md)
- [§1086. Contracts for health benefits for certain members, former members, and their dependents](/usc/10/1086.md)
- [§1086a. Certain former spouses: extension of period of eligibility for health benefits](/usc/10/1086a.md)
- [§1086b. Prohibition against requiring retired members to receive health care solely through the Department of Defense](/usc/10/1086b.md)
- [§1087. Programing facilities for certain members, former members, and their dependents in construction projects of the uniformed services](/usc/10/1087.md)
- [§1088. Air evacuation patients: furnished subsistence](/usc/10/1088.md)
- [§1089. Defense of certain suits arising out of medical malpractice](/usc/10/1089.md)
- [§1090. Identifying and treating drug and alcohol dependence](/usc/10/1090.md)
- [§1090a. Identifying and treating eating disorders](/usc/10/1090a.md)
- [§1090b. Commanding officer and supervisor referrals of members for mental health evaluations](/usc/10/1090b.md)
- [§1091. Personal services contracts](/usc/10/1091.md)
- [§1091a. Identification in patient medical records of affiliation of certain non-Department of Defense health care providers](/usc/10/1091a.md)
- [§1092. Studies and demonstration projects relating to delivery of health and medical care](/usc/10/1092.md)
- [§1092a. Persons entering the armed forces: baseline health data](/usc/10/1092a.md)
- [§1093. Performance of abortions: restrictions](/usc/10/1093.md)
- [§1094. Licensure requirement for health-care professionals](/usc/10/1094.md)
- [§1094a. Continuing medical education requirements: system for monitoring physician compliance](/usc/10/1094a.md)
- [§1095. Health care services incurred on behalf of covered beneficiaries: collection from third-party payers](/usc/10/1095.md)
- [§1095a. Medical care: members held as captives and their dependents](/usc/10/1095a.md)
- [§1095b. TRICARE program: contractor payment of certain claims](/usc/10/1095b.md)
- [§1095c. TRICARE program: facilitation of processing of claims](/usc/10/1095c.md)
- [§1095d. TRICARE program: waiver of certain deductibles](/usc/10/1095d.md)
- [§1095e. TRICARE program: beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinators](/usc/10/1095e.md)
- [§1095f. TRICARE program: referrals and preauthorizations under TRICARE Prime](/usc/10/1095f.md)
- [§1095g. TRICARE program: waiver of recoupment of erroneous payments caused by administrative error](/usc/10/1095g.md)
- [§1096. Military-civilian health services partnership program; medical surge program](/usc/10/1096.md)
- [§1097. Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care](/usc/10/1097.md)
- [§1097a. TRICARE Prime: automatic enrollments](/usc/10/1097a.md)
- [§1097b. TRICARE program: financial management](/usc/10/1097b.md)
- [§1097c. TRICARE program: relationship with employer-sponsored group health plans](/usc/10/1097c.md)
- [§1097d. TRICARE program: notice of change to benefits](/usc/10/1097d.md)
- [§1098. Incentives for participation in cost-effective health care plans](/usc/10/1098.md)
- [§1099. Health care enrollment system and payment options](/usc/10/1099.md)
- [§1100. Defense Health Program Account](/usc/10/1100.md)
- [§1101. Resource allocation methods: capitation or diagnosis-related groups](/usc/10/1101.md)
- [§1102. Confidentiality of medical quality assurance records: qualified immunity for participants](/usc/10/1102.md)
- [§1103. Contracts for medical and dental care: State and local preemption](/usc/10/1103.md)
- [§1104. Sharing of health-care resources with the Department of Veterans Affairs](/usc/10/1104.md)
- [§1104a. Shared medical facilities with Department of Veterans Affairs](/usc/10/1104a.md)
- [§1105. Specialized treatment facility program](/usc/10/1105.md)
- [§1106. Submittal of claims: standard form; time limits](/usc/10/1106.md)
- [§1107. Notice of use of an investigational new drug or a drug unapproved for its applied use](/usc/10/1107.md)
- [§1107a. Emergency use products](/usc/10/1107a.md)
- [§1108. Health care coverage through Federal Employees Health Benefits program: demonstration project](/usc/10/1108.md)
- [§1109. Organ and tissue donor program](/usc/10/1109.md)
- [§1110. System for tracking and recording vaccine information; anthrax vaccine immunization program](/usc/10/1110.md)
- [§1110a. Notification of certain individuals regarding options for enrollment under Medicare part B](/usc/10/1110a.md)
- [§1110b. TRICARE program: extension of dependent coverage](/usc/10/1110b.md)