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 SE VENT Y-FI RST CONGRESS. SEss. II. Ca. 125. 1930. engin eer, a nd pha rmacis t offi cers i n the Public Healt h Serv ice up on the date of passage of this Act (except commissioned officers of the regular corps). Not more than four such appointments shall be in a grade above Chat of surgeon. In making such appointments due regard shall be had to the salary received by such officer at the time of such appointment. For purposes of pay and pay period, said officers shall be credited only with active service in the Public Health Service and active commissioned service in the Army and the Navy. SEC. 6 . The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to order officers in the reserve of the Public Health Service to active duty for the purpose of training and of determining their fitness for appo intme nt in the regul ar co rps, and such activ e dut y sha ll be credited for purposes of future promotion in the regular corps. SEC. 7. Whenever commissioned officers of the Public Health Service are not available for the performance of permanent duties requiring highly specialized training and experience in scientific research, the Secretary of the Treasury shall report that fact to the President with his recommendations, and the President, under the provision of this section, is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not to exceed three persons in any one f iscal year t o grad es in the re gular corps of the Publi c Heal th Service above that of assistant surgeon, but not to a grade above that of medical director ; and for purposes of pay and pay period any person appointed under the provisions of this section shall be considered as having had on the date of appointment service equal to that of the junior officer of the grade to which appointed. SEC. 8 . Any person commissioned in the regular corps of the Public Health Service under the provisions of this Act of an age greater than forty-five years, if placed on waiting orders for disability incurred in line of duty, shall receive pay at the rate of 4 per centum of active pay for each complete year of service in the Army, Navy, or Pu blic H ealth Servic e, the total to be not m ore th an 75 per centum. SEC. 9. Hereafter commissioned officers of the regular corps of the Publi c Heal th Ser vice, after examin ation under regula tions approv ed by the President, shall be promoted according to the same length of service and shall receive the same pay and allowances as are now or ma y here after be aut horize d for office rs of corres pondin g grad es of the Medical Corps of the Army, except that- (a) For purposes of future promotion an officer whose original appointment to the regular corps under the provisions of this Act is in a grade above that of assistant surgeon shall be considered as having had on the date of appointment service equal to that of the junior officer of the grade to which appointed ; if the actual service of such officer in the Public Health Service exceeds that of the junior officer of the grade, such actual service not exceeding ten years for a passed assistant surgeon, and fourteen years for a surgeon shall be credited for purposes of future promotion ; (b) Pharmacists shall not be promoted to the grade of passed assis tant s urgeon until after five years of ser vice i n the grade of assistant surgeon and shall not be promoted above the grade of passed assistant surgeon. (c) When an officer, after examination under regulations approved by the President, is found not qualified for promotion for reasons other than physical disability incurred in line of duty- (1) If in the grade of assistant surgeon, he shall be separated from the service and paid six months' pay and allowances ; (2) If in the grade of passed assistant surgeon, he shall be sepa- rated from the service and paid one year's pay and allowances and Service credit. 151 Grades and pay spec- ified. Reserve officers given active duty for train- ing, etc. Appointments for sp ecial ized d uties in scientific research, if regular Health service of ficer s not avai lable . Grades, pay, etc. Service construed. Pay of i egular officers commissioned under this Act at 45 or older, pl aced on wai ting or- ders for disability in line of duty. Promotions. Service, pay, etc ., of regular corps, to be same as Army medical officers. Post, p. 1228 . Of original appoint- ments under this Act. Service credits. Pha rma cis ts. Officers not qualified for promotion by disa- bil ities not in li ne of duty, Assistant surgeons. Passed assistant sur- geons.

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