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[CITE: 10USC507]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                         CHAPTER 31--ENLISTMENTS
 
Sec. 507. Extension of enlistment for members needing medical 
        care or hospitalization
        
    (a) An enlisted member of an armed force on active duty whose term 
of enlistment expires while he is suffering from disease or injury 
incident to service and not due to his misconduct, and who needs medical 
care or hospitalization, may be retained on active duty, with his 
consent, until he recovers to the extent that he is able to meet the 
physical requirements for reenlistment, or it is determined that 
recovery to that extent is impossible.
    (b) This section does not prevent the retention in service, without 
his consent, of an enlisted member of an armed force under section 972 
of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 90-235, Sec. 2(a)(1)(B), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 754.)
