Graduates of colleges of osteopathy whose graduates are eligible for licensure to practice medicine or osteopathy in a majority of the States of the United States, or approved by a body or bodies acceptable to the Secretary, shall be eligible, subject to the other provisions of this Act, for appointment as commissioned medical officers in the Public Health Service.
Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 5(b)62 Stat. 4067 Stat. 631(, ; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. , 18 F.R. 2053, .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
act Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 8362 Stat. 38This Act, referred to in text, is , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Codification
Section was not enacted as a part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88section 3508(b) of Title 20“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
80 Stat. 1610section 202 of this titleFunctions 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. , 31 F.R. 8855, , set out as a note under .
section 3501 of this titleFunctions 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 . Federal Security Agency and office of Administrator abolished by section 8 of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1953.