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[CITE: 10USC5138]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
       CHAPTER 513--BUREAUS; OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
 
Sec. 5138. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: Dental Division; 
        Chief; functions
        
    (a) There is a Dental Division in the Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery. An officer of the Dental Corps not below the grade of rear 
admiral (lower half) shall be detailed as Chief of the Dental Division.
    (b) The Chief of the Dental Division is entitled to the same 
privileges of retirement as provided for chiefs of bureaus in section 
5133 of this title.
    (c) The dental functions of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery shall 
be so defined and prescribed by Bureau directives, and if necessary by 
regulations of the Secretary of the Navy, that all such functions will 
be under the direction of the Dental Division. All matters relating to 
dentistry shall be referred to that Division.
    (d) The Dental Division shall--
        (1) establish professional standards and policies for dental 
    practice;
        (2) conduct inspections and surveys for maintenance of such 
    standards;
        (3) initiate and recommend action pertaining to complements, 
    appointments, advancement, training assignment, and transfer of 
    dental personnel; and
        (4) serve as the advisory agency for the Bureau on all matters 
    relating directly to dentistry.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 286; Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 14c(17), 
Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 501; Pub. L. 96-513, title III, Sec. 342, Dec. 
12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2901; Pub. L. 97-86, title IV, Sec. 405(b)(1), Dec. 
1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105; Pub. L. 99-145, title V, Sec. 514(b)(1), Nov. 8, 
1985, 99 Stat. 628.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5138..................................  5 U.S.C. 456b.                       De
c. 28, 1945, ch. 604, Sec.  2, 59
                                                                              S
tat. 666.
                                        5 U.S.C. 456c.                       De
c. 28, 1945, ch. 604, Sec.  3, 59
                                                                              S
tat. 666; Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512,
                                                                              S
ec.  427, 61 Stat. 880; Oct. 18,
                                                                              1
951, ch. 513, 65 Stat. 450.
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                               Amendments

    1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-145 substituted ``rear admiral (lower 
half)'' for ``commodore''.
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-86 substituted ``commodore'' for 
``commodore admiral''.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``not below the grade 
of commodore admiral'' for ``in the grade of rear admiral''.
    1962--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-649 struck out ``pay, allowances, 
and'' after ``entitled to the same''. See Title 37, Pay and Allowances 
of the Uniformed Services.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-86 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 
405(f) of Pub. L. 97-86, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the 
authority to prescribe regulations under the amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 
effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96-513, set out 
as a note under section 101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 87-649 effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section 15 
of Pub. L. 87-649, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 
101 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.
