10 U.S.C. § 7065 — Assignment and detail: officers assigned

Page 2992 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 7065 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 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. § 7065. Assignment and detail: officers assigned or detailed to basic and special branches (a) Commissioned officers of the Army may be detailed as general staff officers and as inspec- tors general. (b) Members of the Army may be detailed to duty in particular fields specified by the Sec- retary, including intelligence, counter-intel- ligence, and military government. (c) Members of the Army appointed in or as- signed to one branch may be detailed for duty with any other branch. (d) Members of the Army while not on active duty may be assigned to any basic or special branch, or to such other branches or groups, and to such organizations, as the Secretary con- siders appropriate. (e) No officer of the Army may be assigned to perform technical, scientific, or other profes- sional duties unless he is qualified to perform those duties and meets professional qualifica- tions at least as strict as those in effect on June 28, 1950. If the duties to which an officer is as- signed involve professional work that is the same as or is similar to that usually performed in civil life by a member of a learned profession, such as engineering, law, medicine, or theology, the officer must have the qualifications, by edu- cation, training, or experience, equal to or simi- lar to those usually required of members of that profession, unless the exigencies of the situation prevent. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 167, § 3065; re- numbered § 7065, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 3065(a) ..... 3065(b) ..... 3065(c) ..... 10:1g(c) (1st 27 words). 10:1g(c) (less 1st 27 words). 10:1g(d). June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 306 (less (a) and (b)), § 404(e), 64 Stat. 269, 274. 3065(d) ..... 10:1g(e). 3065(e) ..... 10:1g(f). [Uncodified: June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 404(e), 64 Stat. 274]. In subsections (a) and (c)–(e), the words ‘‘Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Army may pre- scribe’’ and ‘‘under [Under] regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army’’ are omitted, since the Sec- retary has inherent authority to issue regulations ap- propriate to exercising his statutory functions. In subsection (b), the word ‘‘specified’’ is substituted for the words ‘‘designated from time to time’’, in 10:1g(c). The words ‘‘but not limited to’’, in 10:1g(c), are omitted as surplusage. In subsection (d), the words ‘‘basic or special branch’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘branches of the Army provided for in this section’’. The word ‘‘considers’’ is substituted for the words ‘‘may deem to be’’. In subsection (e), the words ‘‘No officer * * * may be * * * unless he is’’ are substituted for the words ‘‘offi- cers of the Army * * * shall * * * possess’’. The last 16 words of the first sentence are substituted for the Act of June 28, 1950, ch. 383, Title IV, § 404(e), 64 Stat. 274. The last sentence is substituted for 10:1g(f) (1st 9 words). Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3065 of this title as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. § 7067. Army Medical Department There is an Army Medical Department in the Army. The Army Medical Department consists of— (1) the Surgeon General; (2) the Assistant Surgeons General; (3) the Medical Corps; (4) the Dental Corps; (5) the Veterinary Corps; (6) the Medical Service Corps; (7) the Army Nurse Corps; and (8) the Army Medical Specialist Corps. (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 168, § 3067; Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(60), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1462; Pub. L. 90–329, June 4, 1968, 82 Stat. 170; renumbered § 7067, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1956 ACT Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 3067 ......... 10:81–1 (less last sen- tence). June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 307 (less last sentence), 64 Stat. 270. The words ‘‘authorized by sections 21f and 21h, re- spectively, of this title’’ are omitted as surplusage. 10:81–1 (2d sentence) is omitted as covered by section 3064 of this title. 1958 ACT Revised section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) 3067(8) ..... 10 App.:81–1. Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 654, § 3(a), 69 Stat. 579. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3067 of this title as this section. 1968—Pub. L. 90–329 substituted ‘‘Army Medical De- partment’’ for ‘‘Army Medical Service’’. 1958—Pub. L. 85–861 substituted ‘‘Army Medical Spe- cialist Corps’’ for ‘‘Women’s Medical Specialist Corps’’ in cl. (8).