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[CITE: 10USC5150]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
       CHAPTER 513--BUREAUS; OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL
 
Sec. 5150. Staff corps of the Navy

    (a) The staff corps of the Navy are--
        (1) the Medical Corps;
        (2) the Dental Corps;
        (3) the Judge Advocate General's Corps;
        (4) the Chaplain Corps; and
        (5) such other staff corps as may be established by the 
    Secretary of the Navy under subsection (b).

    (b)(1) The Secretary of the Navy may establish staff corps of the 
Navy in addition to the Medical Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge 
Advocate General's Corps, and the Chaplain Corps. The Secretary may 
designate commissioned officers in, and may assign members to, any such 
staff corps.
    (2) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy may provide 
for the appointment of the chief of any staff corps established under 
this subsection.
    (c) The Secretary of the Navy, whenever the needs of the service 
require, may convene a selection board under section 611(a) of this 
title to select an officer in the Nurse Corps or in the Medical Service 
Corps (if such corps has been established under subsection (a)) for 
promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half). An officer promoted 
pursuant to such a selection shall be appointed by the Secretary to the 
position of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical 
Service Corps, respectively, for a term of four years, to serve at the 
pleasure of the Secretary. For the purpose of computing the total number 
of flag officers in the staff corps of the Navy under section 526 of 
this title, an officer so appointed shall be considered an additional 
number in grade.

(Added Pub. L. 96-513, title III, Sec. 351, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 
2902, Sec. 5155; amended Pub. L. 97-22, Sec. 6(a), July 10, 1981, 95 
Stat. 129; Pub. L. 97-86, title IV, Sec. 405(b)(1), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 
Stat. 1105; renumbered Sec. 5150, Pub. L. 99-433, title V, 
Sec. 514(a)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1054; Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, 
title XIII, Sec. 1343(a)(23), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3994; Pub. L. 
100-26, Sec. 3(7), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 274; Pub. L. 102-190, div. 
A, title X, Sec. 1061(a)(22)(A), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1473.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 5150 was renumbered section 5021 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-190 substituted ``section 526'' for 
``section 5444''.
    1987--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-26 made technical amendment to 
directory language of Pub. L. 99-661, Sec. 1343(a)(23). See 1986 
Amendment note below.
    1986--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-661, as amended by Pub. L. 100-26, 
substituted ``rear admiral (lower half)'' for ``commodore''.
    1981--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-86 substituted ``commodore'' for 
``commodore admiral''.
    Pub. L. 97-22 substituted ``Nurse Corps or in the Medical Service 
Corps (if such corps has been established under subsection (a)) for 
promotion to the grade of commodore admiral'' for ``Nurse Corps or 
Medical Service Corps for promotion to the grade of commodore admiral or 
rear admiral, as appropriate'', substituted ``An officer promoted 
pursuant to such a selection shall be appointed by the Secretary to the 
position of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical 
Service Corps, respectively, for a term of four years, to serve at the 
pleasure of the Secretary'' for ``An officer so selected shall be 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, for a term of four years to serve in the position, respectively, 
of Director of the Nurse Corps or Director of the Medical Service 
Corps'', and inserted provision that for the purpose of computing the 
total number of flag officers in the staff corps of the Navy under 
section 5444 of this title, an officer so appointed shall be considered 
an additional number in grade.


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-26 applicable as if included in Pub. L. 99-
661 when enacted on Nov. 14, 1986, see section 12(a) of Pub. L. 100-26, 
set out as a note under section 776 of this title.


                    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

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


  Transition Provisions Under Defense Officer Personnel Management Act

    For provisions to prevent extinction or premature termination of 
rights, duties, penalties, or proceedings that existed or were begun 
prior to the effective date of Pub. L. 96-513 and otherwise to allow for 
an orderly transition to the system of officer personnel management put 
in place under Pub. L. 96-513, see section 601 et seq. of Pub. L. 96-
513, set out as a note under section 611 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5589, 6027, 12004 of this 
title.
