---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 3073"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "3073"
heading: "Medical and dental care"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/3073"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps"
  - "Subchapter V — Rights and Benefits"
---

# §3073. Medical and dental care


The [Secretary](/usc/33/3002.md?p=b-6) may provide medical and dental care, including care in private facilities, for personnel of the [Administration](/usc/33/3002.md?p=b-7) entitled to that care by law or regulation.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 263, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3093.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 857–3(b) of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–372.