8 U.S.C. § 1283 : US Code - Section 1283: Hospital treatment of alien crewmen afflicted with certain diseases

Search 8 U.S.C. § 1283 : US Code - Section 1283: Hospital treatment of alien crewmen afflicted with certain diseases

An alien crewman, including an alien crewman ineligible for a
conditional permit to land under section 1282(a) of this title, who
is found on arrival in a port of the United States to be afflicted
with any of the disabilities or diseases mentioned in section 1285
of this title, shall be placed in a hospital designated by the
immigration officer in charge at the port of arrival and treated,
all expenses connected therewith, including burial in the event of
death, to be borne by the owner, agent, consignee, commanding
officer, or master of the vessel or aircraft, and not to be
deducted from the crewman's wages. No such vessel or aircraft shall
be granted clearance until such expenses are paid, or their payment
appropriately guaranteed, and the collector of customs is so
notified by the immigration officer in charge. An alien crewman
suspected of being afflicted with any such disability or disease
may be removed from the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived to
an immigration station, or other appropriate place, for such
observation as will enable the examining surgeons to determine
definitely whether or not he is so afflicted, all expenses
connected therewith to be borne in the manner hereinbefore
prescribed. In cases in which it appears to the satisfaction of the
immigration officer in charge that it will not be possible within a
reasonable time to effect a cure, the return of the alien crewman
shall be enforced on, or at the expense of, the transportation line
on which he came, upon such conditions as the Attorney General
shall prescribe, to insure that the alien shall be properly cared
for and protected, and that the spread of contagion shall be
guarded against.