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[CITE: 38USC1721]

 
                      TITLE 38--VETERANS' BENEFITS
 
                        PART II--GENERAL BENEFITS
 
    CHAPTER 17--HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, DOMICILIARY, AND MEDICAL CARE
 
   SUBCHAPTER III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HOSPITAL AND 
           NURSING HOME CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VETERANS
 
Sec. 1721. Power to make rules and regulations

    Rules and regulations prescribed under section 501(a) of this title 
shall include rules and regulations to promote good conduct on the part 
of persons who are receiving hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary 
care and medical services in Department facilities. The Secretary may 
prescribe in rules and regulations under such section limitations in 
connection with the furnishing of such care and services during a period 
of national emergency (other than a period of war or an emergency 
described in section 8111A of this title).

(Pub. L. 85-857, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1143, Sec. 621; Pub. L. 94-581, 
title II, Secs. 202(j), 210(a)(8), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2856, 2863; 
Pub. L. 100-322, title I, Sec. 133, May 20, 1988, 102 Stat. 507; Pub. L. 
102-40, title IV, Sec. 402(d)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 239; renumbered 
Sec. 1721 and amended Pub. L. 102-83, Secs. 2(c)(1), 4(a)(3), (4), 
(b)(1), (2)(E), 5(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 402, 404-406.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior section 1721 was renumbered section 3521 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 5(a), renumbered section 621 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(b)(1), (2)(E), substituted ``Secretary'' for 
``Administrator''.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 4(a)(3), (4), substituted ``Department'' for 
``Veterans' Administration''.
    Pub. L. 102-83, Sec. 2(c)(1), substituted ``501(a)'' for 
``210(c)(1)''.
    Pub. L. 102-40 substituted ``8111A'' for ``5011A''.
    1988--Pub. L. 100-322 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``The Administrator shall prescribe--
        ``(1) such rules and procedure governing the furnishing of 
    hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care as the Administrator 
    may deem proper and necessary;
        ``(2) limitations in connection with the furnishing of hospital, 
    nursing home, and domiciliary care; and
        ``(3) such rules and regulations as the Administrator deems 
    necessary in order to promote good conduct on the part of persons 
    who are receiving hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care in 
    Veterans' Administration facilities.''
    1976--Cl. (1). Pub. L. 94-581, Secs. 202(j), 210(a)(8), substituted 
``hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary care as the Administrator may 
deem'' for ``hospital and domiciliary care as he may deem''.
    Cl. (2). Pub. L. 94-581, Sec. 202(j), substituted ``hospital, 
nursing home, and domiciliary care'' for ``hospital and domiciliary 
care''.
    Cl. (3). Pub. L. 94-581, Secs. 202(j), 210(a)(8), substituted ``as 
the Administrator deems'' for ``as he deems'' and ``hospital, nursing 
home, or domiciliary care'' for ``hospital or domiciliary care''.


                    Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 94-581 effective Oct. 21, 1976, see section 211 
of Pub. L. 94-581, set out as a note under section 111 of this title.
