---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 101303"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "101303"
heading: "Medical attention for employees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/101303"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1013 — Employees"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §101303. Medical attention for employees

- (a) **In General.—** In the administration of the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4), the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may contract for medical attention and [service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) for employees and to make necessary payroll deductions agreed to by the employees for that medical attention and [service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4).
- (b) **Employees Located at Isolated Situations.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) may provide, out of amounts appropriated for the general expense of the [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6), medical attention for employees of the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) located at isolated situations, including—
  - (1) moving the employees to hospitals or other places where medical assistance is available; and
  - (2) in case of death, to remove the bodies of deceased employees to the nearest place where they can be prepared for shipment or for burial.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3124.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 101303(a) | 16 U.S.C. 11. | May 10, 1926, ch. 277, § 1 (last undesignated par. under heading “NATIONAL PARKS”), 44 Stat. 491. |
| 101303(b) | 16 U.S.C. 13. | July 3, 1926, ch. 792, § 2, 44 Stat. 900. |