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[CITE: 10USC3068]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                          CHAPTER 307--THE ARMY
 
Sec. 3068. Medical Service Corps: organization; Chief and 
        assistant chiefs
        
    There is a Medical Service Corps in the Army. The Medical Service 
Corps consists of--
        (1) the Chief of the Medical Service Corps, who shall be 
    appointed by the Secretary of the Army from among the officers of 
    the Medical Service Corps whose regular grade is above captain;
        (2) the assistant chiefs of the Medical Service Corps, who shall 
    be designated by the Surgeon General from officers in that Corps and 
    who shall be his consultants on activities relating to their 
    sections;
        (3) commissioned officers of the Regular Army appointed therein;
        (4) other members of the Army assigned thereto by the Secretary 
    of the Army; and
        (5) the following sections--
            (A) the Pharmacy, Supply, and Administration Section;
            (B) the Medical Allied Sciences Section;
            (C) the Sanitary Engineering Section;
            (D) the Optometry Section; and
            (E) other sections considered necessary by the Secretary of 
        the Army.

(Added Pub. L. 89-603, Sec. 1(1), Sept. 24, 1966, 80 Stat. 846; amended 
Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 1(37), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1296.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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3068(a)...............................  10:81-1 (last sentence, less 5th     Ju
ne 28, 1950, ch. 383, Sec.  307
                                         through 14th words).                 (
last sentence, less 5th through
                                        10:156a (less 2d sentence).           1
4th words), 64 Stat. 270.
3068(b)...............................  10:156b.                             Au
g. 4, 1947, ch. 459, Secs.  101
3068(c)...............................  10:156d.                              (
less 2d sentence), 102(a), (b),
                                                                              6
1 Stat. 734, 735; Mar. 23, 1954,
                                                                              c
h. 103, 68 Stat. 30.
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    In subsection (a), 10:156a (1st 20 words) is omitted as superseded 
by section 3067 of this title, which establishes the Medical Service 
Corps in the Army Medical Service. 10:156a (last 16 words of 1st 
sentence) is omitted as superseded by section 3012(e) of this title, 
which authorizes the Secretary of the Army to prescribe the duties of 
members of the Army. 10:81-1 (last sentence, less 5th through 14th 
words) is omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (b), the words ``of the Regular Army in that corps 
whose regular grade is above captain'' are substituted for the words 
``commissioned in the Medical Service Corps, Regular Army, in the 
permanent grade of major or above''. The words ``If he holds a lower 
regular grade'' are substituted for the words ``if commissioned in 
permanent grade below colonel''. The words ``is entitled'' are 
substituted for the words ``shall * * * have''. The words ``ranks 
above'' are substituted for the words ``shall be superior in rank''.
    In subsection (c), the words ``is the Surgeon General's consultant'' 
are substituted for the words ``who shall be consultants to him''.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3068, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 168; 
Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 6(a)(1), 76 Stat. 494, contained 
substantially the same provisions as the present section but placed the 
upper limit for the rank of officers of the Medical Service Corps at 
colonel, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89-603.


                               Amendments

    1982--Par. (5). Pub. L. 97-295 redesignated cls. (a), (b), (c), (d), 
and (e) as subpars. (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), respectively.
