Hospital and domiciliary facilities

§ 5001. Hospital and domiciliary facilities (a) The Administrator, subject to the approval of the President, shall provide hospitals, domiciliaries, and outpatient dispensary facilities for veterans entitled under this title to hospital or domiciliary care or medical services. Such hospitals, domiciliaries, and other facilities may be provided by (1) purchase, replacement, or remodeling or extension of existing plants, or (2) construction of such facilities on sites already owned by the United States or on sites acquired by purchase, condemnation, gift, or otherwise. (b) Hospitals and domiciliaries provided by the Administrator under subsection (a) shall be of fireproof construction. Where an existing plant is purchased, it shall be remodeled to be fireproof. (c) The location of each hospital or domiciliary and its nature (whether for domiciliary care or the treatment of tuberculosis, neuropsychiatric cases, or general medical and surgical cases) shall be within the discretion of the Administrator, subject to the approval of the President. (d) The Administrator may accept gifts or donations for any of the purposes of this section. (e) The Administrator, subject to the approval of the President, may use as hospitals, domiciliaries, or outpatient dispensary facilities such suitable buildings, structures, and grounds owned by the United States on March 3, 1925, as may be available for such purposes, and the President may by Executive order transfer any such buildings, structures, and grounds to the control and jurisdiction of the Veterans’ Administration upon the request of the Administrator. 72 Stat. 1252 (f) As used in this section and in sections 5002 and 5003 of this title, the term “hospitals, domiciliaries, or outpatient dispensary facilities” includes necessary buildings and auxiliary structures, mechanical equipment, approach work, roads, and trackage facilities leading thereto sidewalks abutting hospital reservations, vehicles, livestock, furniture, equipment, accessories, accommodations for officers, nurses, and attending personnel, and proper and suitable recreational facilities.