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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 147a. Department of Health and Human Services
(a) The Commandant may assist the Secretary of Health and Human
Services in providing medical emergency helicopter transportation
services to civilians. The Commandant may prescribe conditions,
including reimbursement, under which resources may be provided
under this section. The following specific limitations apply to
assistance provided under this section:
(1) Assistance may be provided only in areas where Coast Guard
units able to provide the assistance are regularly assigned.
Coast Guard units may not be transferred from one area to another
to provide the assistance.
(2) Assistance may be provided only to the extent it does not
interfere with the performance of the Coast Guard mission.
(3) Providing assistance may not cause an increase in amounts
required for the operation of the Coast Guard.
(b) An individual (or the estate of that individual) who is
authorized by the Coast Guard to provide a service under a program
established under subsection (a) and who is acting within the scope
of that individual's duties is not liable for injury to, or loss
of, property or personal injury or death that may be caused
incident to providing the service.
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