|
|
|
U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 802. Forfeiture of pay during absence from duty due to disease from intemperate use of alcohol or drugs
A member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, on active
duty who is absent from his regular duties for a continuous period
of more than one day because of disease that is directly caused by
and immediately follows his intemperate use of alcoholic liquor or
habit-forming drugs is not entitled to pay for the period of that
absence. However, a member whose pay is forfeited for more than one
month is entitled to $5 for personal expenses for each full month
that his pay is forfeited. Determinations of periods and causes of
absence under this section shall be made as prescribed by the
Secretary concerned, and are final.
|
|