24 U.S.C. § 37 : US Code - Section 37: Manufacture of products by patients at naval hospitals; ownership of products

Search 24 U.S.C. § 37 : US Code - Section 37: Manufacture of products by patients at naval hospitals; ownership of products

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to furnish materials for
the manufacture or production by patients of products incident to
the convalescence and rehabilitation of such patients in naval
hospitals and other naval medical facilities, and ownership thereof
shall be vested in the patients manufacturing or producing such
products, except that the ownership of items manufactured or
produced specifically for the use of a naval hospital or other
naval medical facility shall be vested in the Government and such
items shall be accounted for and disposed of accordingly.