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[CITE: 42USC238g]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
                    Part B--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 238g. Wearing of uniforms

    Except as may be authorized by regulations of the President, the 
insignia and uniform of commissioned officers of the Service, or any 
distinctive part of such insignia or uniform, or any insignia or uniform 
any part of which is similar to a distinctive part thereof, shall not be 
worn, after the promulgation of such regulations, by any person other 
than a commissioned officer of the Service.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, Sec. 238, formerly title V, Sec. 510, 
58 Stat. 711; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, Sec. 5, 62 Stat. 859; renumbered 
title XXI, Sec. 2110, Pub. L. 98-24, Sec. 2(a)(1), Apr. 26, 1983, 97 
Stat. 176; renumbered title XXIII, Sec. 2310, Pub. L. 99-660, title III, 
Sec. 311(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3755; renumbered title XXV, 
Sec. 2508, Pub. L. 100-607, title II, Sec. 201(1), (3), Nov. 4, 1988, 
102 Stat. 3062, 3063; renumbered title XXVI, Sec. 2608, Pub. L. 100-690, 
title II, Sec. 2620(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4244; renumbered title 
XXVII, Sec. 2708, Pub. L. 101-381, title I, Sec. 101(1), (2), Aug. 18, 
1990, 104 Stat. 576; renumbered title II, Sec. 238, Pub. L. 103-43, 
title XX, Sec. 2010(a)(1)-(3), June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 213.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 300aaa-7 of this title 
prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103-43, to section 300cc-9 of this title 
prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 100-607, to section 300aa-9 of this 
title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 99-660, and to section 228 of this 
title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 98-24.


                               Amendments

    1948--Act June 25, 1948, struck out penal provisions. See section 
702 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.


                    Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

    Amendment effective Sept. 1, 1948, see section 20 of act June 25, 
1948.

                          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.

                         Delegation of Functions

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