A person entitled to medical care under this chapter who has alopecia resulting from the treatment of a malignant disease may be furnished a wig if the person has not previously been furnished one at the expense of the United States.
10 U.S.C. § 1074c
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation acts:Pub. L. 98-473, title I, §101(h)[title VIII, §8033], Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1904, 1929.Pub. L. 98-212, title VII, §739, Dec. 8, 1983, 97 Stat. 1445. Pub. L. 97-377, title I, §101(c) [title VII, §742], Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1833, 1858.Pub. L. 97-114, title VII, §743, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1586.Pub. L. 96-527, title VII, §744, Dec. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 3089.
AMENDMENTS1991- Pub. L. 102-190 renumbered section 1074b of this title as this section.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98-525, set out as a note under section 520b of this title.