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PUBLIC LAW 85-86 1 - S E P T. 2, 1958

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(77) Section 3294 is amended to read as follows: lo use -1294. ''§ 3294. Commissioned officers; Medical and Dental Corps: original appointment " (a) Original appointments in the Regular Army may be made in the grades of first lieutenant through colonel in the Medical Corps or Dental Corps, as the needs of the Army require. These appointments may be made only from qualified doctors of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry, as the case may be, who are citizens of the United States
 * ind who have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the Army

may prescribe, i n addition, to be eligible for appointment in the Medical Corps under this section, a doctor of osteopathy must— "(1) be a graduate of a college of osteopathy whose graduates are eligible to be licensed to practice medicine or surgery in a majority of the States; "(2) be licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy in a State or Territory or in the District of Cohnnbia; "(3) under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, have completed a number of years of osteopathic and preosteopathic education equal to the number of years of medical and premedical education prescribed for persons entering recognized schools of medicine who become doctors of medicine and who would be qualified for appointment under this section in the grade for which that person is applying; and "(4) have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the Army prescribes after considering the recommendation, if any, of the Surgeon General. "(b) For the purposes of determining grade, position on a promotion list, seniority in his grade in the Regular Army, and eligibility for promotion, an officer appointed under subsection (a) shall be credited with the amount of service prescribed by the Secretary, but not less than four years. However, a doctor of medicine or osteopathy who has completed an internship of one year, or the equivalent, may not be credited with less than five years." (78) Section 3295 is amended to read as follows: 10 USC 3295. "The name of each person who is originally appointed in a commissioned grade in the Regular Army and whose name is to be carried on a promotion list, other than a person appointed in the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Army Nurse Corps, or Army Medical Specialist Corps, shall be placed on the applicable promotion list immediately below the junior officer of the same grade on that list who is not a deferred oiEcer, or an officer considered but not recommended for promotion under section 518 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 (61 Stat. 910), and who has the same or the next longer 10 USC 5591. service." (79) Chapter 33.5 is amended— ,,io u s e 32813313. (A) by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "§3314. Commissioned officers: promotion not to be delayed by another appointment "The promotion to a higher regular grade of a commissioned officer of the Regular Army who is on a recommended list awaiting promotion may not be withheld or delayed because of the original appointment of any other person to a commissioned grade in the Regulnr Army. This section does not apply to appointments in the Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Army Nurse Corps, or Army Medical Specialist Corps."; and
 * § 3295. Commissioned officers: original appointment; determination of place on promotion list

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