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[CITE: 10USC2635]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
                       CHAPTER 157--TRANSPORTATION
 
Sec. 2635. Medical emergency helicopter transportation 
        assistance and limitation of individual liability
        
    (a) The Secretary of Defense is authorized to assist the Department 
of Health and Human Services and the Department of Transportation in 
providing medical emergency helicopter transportation services to 
civilians. Any resources provided under this section shall be under such 
terms and conditions, including reimbursement, as the Secretary of 
Defense deems appropriate and shall be subject to the following specific 
limitations:
        (1) Assistance may be provided only in areas where military 
    units able to provide such assistance are regularly assigned, and 
    military units shall not be transferred from one area to another for 
    the purpose of providing such assistance.
        (2) Assistance may be provided only to the extent that it does 
    not interfere with the performance of the military mission.
        (3) The provision of assistance shall not cause any increase in 
    funds required for the operation of the Department of Defense.

    (b) No individual (or his estate) who is authorized by the 
Department of Defense to perform services under a program established 
pursuant to subsection (a), and who is acting within the scope of his 
duties, shall be liable for injury to, or loss of property or personal 
injury or death which may be caused incident to providing such services.

(Added Pub. L. 93-155, title VIII, Sec. 814(a), Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 
620; amended Pub. L. 96-513, title V, Sec. 511(88), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 
Stat. 2928.)


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``Department of Health 
and Human Services'' for ``Department of Health, Education, and 
Welfare''.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.
