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title: "38 U.S.C. § 705"
description: "Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors"
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title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS BENEFITS"
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section: "705"
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# 38 U.S.C. § 705 - Telephone service for medical officers and facility directors
## Text
The Secretary may pay for official telephone service and rental in the field whenever incurred in case of official telephones for directors of centers, hospitals, independent clinics, domiciliaries, and medical officers of the Department where such telephones are installed in private residences or private apartments or quarters, when authorized under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
(Added Pub. L. 10283, § 2(a), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 395.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 705 was renumbered section 1905 of this title. Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 234 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 10283, § 2(a).