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[CITE: 42USC216]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
                         Part A--Administration
 
Sec. 216. Regulations


(a) Prescription by President: appointments, retirement, etc.

    The President shall from time to time prescribe regulations with 
respect to the appointment, promotion, retirement, termination of 
commission, titles, pay, uniforms, allowances (including increased 
allowances for foreign service), and discipline of the commissioned 
corps of the Service.

(b) Promulgation by Surgeon General; administration of Service

    The Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary, unless 
specifically otherwise provided, shall promulgate all other regulations 
necessary to the administration of the Service, including regulations 
with respect to uniforms for employees, and regulations with respect to 
the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property 
of the Service.

(c) Preference to school of medicine

    No regulation relating to qualifications for appointment of medical 
officers or employees shall give preference to any school of medicine.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, Sec. 215, 58 Stat. 690; Oct. 12, 1949, 
ch. 681, title V, Sec. 521(f), 63 Stat. 835; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, 
Secs. 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953, 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631.)


                               Amendments

    1949--Subsec. (b). Act Oct. 12, 1949, struck out references to 
travel and transportation of household goods and effects.


                    Effective Date of 1949 Amendment

    Amendment by act Oct. 12, 1949, effective Oct. 1, 1949, see section 
533(a) of act Oct. 12, 1949.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health 
Service, and all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, 
and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred 
to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 
1966, eff. June 25, 1966, 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set out as a note 
under section 202 of this title. Secretary of Health, Education, and 
Welfare redesignated Secretary of Health and Human Services by section 
509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 
20, Education.
    Functions of Federal Security Administrator transferred to Secretary 
of Health, Education, and Welfare and all agencies of Federal Security 
Agency transferred to Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by 
section 5 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953, set out as a note under section 
3501 of this title. Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator 
abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953. Secretary and 
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare redesignated Secretary and 
Department of Health and Human Services by section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-
88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20.

                         Delegation of Functions

    Functions of President delegated to Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, see Ex. Ord. No. 11140, January 30, 1964, 29 F.R. 1637, as 
amended, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.
