31 CFR § 589.508 - Emergency medical services.

Date issued: May. 02 2022

TURBOFAC Commentary (257 words)

Notes:

1) This is a standard modern version of this GL, a variant of which appears in all blocking-related sets of sanctions regulations.

The version in force prior to 5-2-22 provided as follows:

The provision of nonscheduled emergency medical services in the United States to persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to §589.201(a) or any further Executive orders relating to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, is authorized, provided that all receipt of payment for such services must be specifically licensed.

Here, there is no condition that the services be provided in the United States, it authorizes the provision or receipt of medical services, as well as payments without the need for a specific license. It also authorizes services to and from persons ordinarily resident in Crimea. In addition, the GL applies to "any further Executive orders relating to the national emergency" underlying the set of sanctions regulations in which the GL appears. This means that the GL applies to the Donbass embargo (EO 14065), since 589.201(e) incorporates the prohibitions of that EO. As of 5-5-22, this is the only GL that licenses against EO 14065 that is a new authorization. Other GLs (e.g. “official business”) license against EO 14065, but they exist separately as web-only GLs that apply to EO 14065. See General Note on the Relationship Between Executive Orders, General Licenses and Sanctions Regulations Issued Pursuant to a Common National Emergency (System Ed. Note).