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Title VII: Health Care Provisions

Sec. 730Requirement to offer medical chaperones during sensitive medical examinations

TL;DR

Establishes or maintains requirement to offer medical chaperones during sensitive medical examinations. The Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a policy throughout the Department of Defense to require that a medical chaperone be offered and available to be present…

Statutory text

The Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a policy throughout the Department of Defense to require that a medical chaperone be offered and available to be present with a patient during any sensitive medical examination, as determined by the Secretary, conducted at a military medical treatment facility.