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[CITE: 10USC14901]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
  PART III--PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-
                               STATUS LIST
 
 CHAPTER 1411--ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION
 
Sec. 14901. Separation of chaplains for loss of professional 
        qualifications
        
    (a) Separation.--Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense, an officer on the reserve active-status list who is appointed 
or designated as a chaplain may, if the officer fails to maintain the 
qualifications needed to perform the professional function of a 
chaplain, be discharged. The authority under the preceding sentence 
applies without regard to the provisions of section 12645 of this title.
    (b) Effect of Separation.--If an officer separated under this 
section is eligible for retirement, the officer may be retired. If the 
officer has completed the years of service required for eligibility for 
retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title, the officer may be 
transferred to the Retired Reserve.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2957.)


                             Effective Date

    Chapter effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 
103-337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 12683 of this title.
