(a) Restrictions. (1) Naval MTFs provide care to all eligible beneficiaries subject to the capabilities of the professional staff and the availability of space and facilities.
(1) Naval MTFs provide care to all eligible beneficiaries subject to the capabilities of the professional staff and the availability of space and facilities.
(2) Hospitalization and outpatient services may be provided outside the continental limits of the United States and in Alaska to officers and employees of any department or agency of the Federal Government, to employees of a contractor with the United States or the contractor's subcontractor, to accompanying dependents of such persons, and in emergencies to such other persons as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe: Provided, such services are not otherwise available in reasonably accessible and appropriate non-Federal facilities. Hospitalization of such individuals in a naval MTF is limited to the treatment of acute medical and surgical conditions, exclusive of nervous, mental, or contagious diseases, or those requiring domiciliary care. Routine dental care, other than dental prosthesis or orthodontia, may be rendered on a space available basis outside the continental limits of the United States and in Alaska, Provided, such services are not otherwise available in reasonably accessible and appropriate non-Federal facilities.
(b) Priorities. When care cannot be rendered to all eligible beneficiaries, the priorities in the following chart will prevail. Make no distinction as to the sponsoring uniformed service when providing care or deciding priorities.
Priorities for the Various Categories of Personnel Eligible for Care in Navy Medical Department Facilities----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Priority Category Degree of entitlement----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1...................................... A. Members of the uniformed See subpart B.
services on active duty (including
active duty for training and
inactive duty training) and
comparable personnel of the NATO
nations meeting the conditions
prescribed in this part.
B. Members of a Reserve Component See subpart C.
of the Armed Forces and National
Guard personnel under orders.2...................................... Dependents of active duty members See subparts D and E.
of the uniformed services,
dependents of persons who died
while in such a status, and the
dependents of active duty members
of NATO nations meeting the
conditions prescribed in subpart E
of this part.3...................................... Members ot the Senior Reserve See Sec. 728.23.
Officers' Training Corps of the
Armed Forces.4...................................... Retired members of the uniformed See subpart D.
services and their dependents and
dependents of deceased retired
members.5...................................... Civilian employees of the Federal See Sec. 728.80.
Government under the limited
circumstances covered by the
Federal Employees' Health Service
program.6...................................... All others, including ex-service See subparts F and G.
maternity eligibles.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------