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PUBLIC LAW 86-415-APR. 8, 1960

[74 S T A T.

Public Law 86-415 Aprils. 1960 [S. 2220]

AN ACT rpo strengthen the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service through revision and extension of some of the provisions relating to retirement, appointment of personnel, and other related personnel matters, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the P u b l i c Health United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be Service Commi sioned c'oi^T'pe^ cited as the "Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Personnel sonnelAct ofl960. A c to f 1960 ". LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT AND CALL TO ACTIVE DUTY OF OLDER COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

SEC. 2. Section 207(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. stif. 40^*' ^^^' ^^ 209(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following newparagraph: "(3) No individual who has attained the age of forty-four shall be appointed to the Regular Corps, or called to active duty in the Reserve Corps for a period in excess of one year, unless (A) he has had a numPost, p. 33. ber of years of active service (as defined in section 211(d)) equal to the number of years by which his age exceeds forty-four, or (B) the Surgeon General determines that he possesses exceptional qualifications, not readily available elsewhere in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, for the performance of special duties with the Service, or (C) in the case of an officer of the Reserve Corps, the Commissioned Corps of the Service has been declared by the President to be a military service." ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS ABOVE SENIOR ASSISTANT

SEC. 3. Section 20T(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209(b)) is amended by inserting " (1) " after " (b) " and by striking out the last sentence andT inserting in lieu thereof the following new paragraphs: "(2) In addition to the number of original appointments to the Regular Corps authorized by paragraph (1) to be made to grades above that of senior assistant, original appointments authorized to be made to the Regular Corps in any year may be made to grades above that of senior assistant, but not above that of director, in the case of any individual who— " (A)(i) was on active duty in the Reserve Corps on July 1, 1960, (ii) was on such active duty continuously for not less than one 3^ear immediately prior to such date, and (iii) applies for appointment to the Regular Corps prior to July 1, 1962; or " (B) does not come within clause (A)(i) and (ii) but was on active duty in the Reserve Corps continuously for not less than one year immediately prior to his appointment to the Regular Corps and has not served on active duty continuously for a period, occurring after June 30, 1960, of more than three and one-half years prior to applying for such appointment. " (3) No person shall be appointed pursuant to this subsection unless he meets standards established in accordance with regulations of the President."

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