---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch6A/schII/ptC"
level: "part"
label: "Part C"
heading: "Hospitals, Medical Examinations, and Medical Care"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch6A-schII-ptC"
sections_count: 15
---

# Part C — Hospitals, Medical Examinations, and Medical Care

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 6A — Public Health Service › Subchapter II — General Powers and Duties

## Sections

- [§247e. National Hansen’s Disease Programs Center](/usc/42/247e.md)
- [§248. Control and management of hospitals; furnishing prosthetic and orthopedic devices; transfer of patients; disposal of articles produced by patients; disposal of money and effects of deceased patients; payment of burial expenses](/usc/42/248.md)
- [§248a. Closing or transfer of hospitals; reduction of services; Congressional authorization required](/usc/42/248a.md)
- [§248b. Transfer or financial self-sufficiency of public health service hospitals and clinics](/usc/42/248b.md)
- [§248d. Repealed.](/usc/42/248d.md)
- [§249. Medical care and treatment of quarantined and detained persons](/usc/42/249.md)
- [§250. Medical care and treatment of Federal prisoners](/usc/42/250.md)
- [§250a. Transfer of appropriations](/usc/42/250a.md)
- [§251. Medical examination and treatment of Federal employees; medical care at remote stations](/usc/42/251.md)
- [§252. Medical examination of aliens](/usc/42/252.md)
- [§253. Medical services to Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Service](/usc/42/253.md)
- [§253a. Medical services to retired personnel of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](/usc/42/253a.md)
- [§253b. Former Lighthouse Service employees; medical service eligibility](/usc/42/253b.md)
- [§254. Interdepartmental work](/usc/42/254.md)
- [§254a. Sharing of medical care facilities and resources](/usc/42/254a.md)