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 94 STAT. 2846

Medical or dental officers.

Doctors of osteopathy.

Limited duty. Post, pp. 2893, 2894.

10 USC 533.

Regulations.

PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980

"(2) is able to complete 20 years of active commissioned service before his fifty-fifth birthday; "(3) is of good moral character; "(4) is physically qualified for active service; and "(5) has such other special qualifications as the Secretary of the military department concerned may prescribe by regulation. "G3)(l) Original appointments in the Regular Army in the Medical Corps or Dental Corps, and original appointments in the Regular Air Force with a view to designation of an officer as a medical or dental officer, may be made in the grades of first lieutenant through colonel. Original appointments in the Regular Navy in the Medical Corps or Dental Corps may be made in the grades of lieutenant (junior grade) through captain. Such appointments may be made only from persons who are qualified doctors of medicine, osteopathy, or dentistry. "(2) To be eligible for an original appointment as a medical officer, a doctor of osteopathy must— "(A) 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; "(B) be licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy in a State or in the District of Columbia; "(C) under regulations 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 an original appointment in the grade for which that person is being considered for appointment; and "(D) have such other qualifications as the Secretary of the military department concerned prescribes after considering the recommendations, if any, of the Surgeon General of the armed force concerned. "(c) Original appointments in the Regular Navy or Regular Marine Corps of officers designated for limited duty shall be made under section 5589 or 5596 of this title. "(d) A person receiving an original appointment as a medical officer or dental officer or as a chaplain is not subject to clause (2) of subsection (a). "§533. Service credit upon original appointment as a commissioned officer "(a)(1) For the purpose of determining the grade and rank within grade of a person receiving an original appointment in a commissioned grade (other than a warrant officer grade) in the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps, such person shall be credited at the time of such appointment with any active commissioned service (other than service as a commissioned warrant officer) that he performed in any armed force before such appointment. "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations, which shall apply uniformly among the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to authorize the Secretary of the military department concerned to limit the amount of prior active commissioned service with which a person receiving an original appointment may be credited under paragraph (1), or to deny any such credit, in the case of a person who at the time of such appointment is credited with constructive service under subsection Qo).

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