(a) Subject to approval by the V.I. Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation, the Hospital Administrator may exempt wards of the Government and persons suffering from chronic and communicable diseases specified by the Hospital Administrator, the control and care of which is deemed to be in the public interest, from the payment of fees for medical care provided by the Department of Health.
(b) The Hospital Administrator shall provide:
(1) free emergency ambulance service shall be provided to all veterans residing in the Virgin Islands; and
(2) free out-patient medical care for veterans who have a service-connected disability. For the purposes of this subsection “veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval or air service of the United States and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.