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 PUBLIC LAW 96-513—DEC. 12, 1980

94 STAT. 2885

REPEAL OF SECTIONS RELATING TO RANK AND COMMAND

SEC. 211. The following sections of chapters 345 and 845, relating to rank and command, are repealed: sections 3571 and 8571, 3573 and 8573,3574 and 8574, and 3582 and 8582. COMMAND BY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT AND BY COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE AIR FORCE IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES

SEC. 212. (a) Section 3579, relating to the exercise of command by officers of the Army Medical Department, is amended— (1) by striking out ", other than an officer of the Army Nurse Corps or Army Medical Specialist Corps," in subsection (a); (2) by striking out subsection (b); and (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). (b) The text of section 8579, relating to the exercise of command by Air Force officers in certain designated categories, is amended to read as follows: "An officer designated as a medical, dental, veterinary, medical service, or biomedical sciences officer or as a nurse is not entitled to exercise command because of rank, except within the categories prescribed in subsection (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (i) of section 8067 of this title, or over persons placed under his charge." Post, p. 2916. REPEAL OF CHAPTERS PROVIDING FOR INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF REGULAR OFFICERS FOR UNSATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AND FOR CERTAIN OTHER REASONS

SEC. 213. Chapters 359 and 859, relating to separation from the Regular Army and from the Regular Air Force for substandard performance of duty, and 360 and 860, relating to separation from the Regular Army and from the Regular Air Force for moral or professional dereliction or in interests of national security, are repealed. REPEAL OF SECTIONS AUTHORIZING DISCHARGE OF REGULAR OFFICERS DURING THREE-YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD

SEC. 214. Sections 3814 and 8814, relating to the discharge of regular commissioned officers with less than three years of commissioned service, are repealed. RETENTION IN AN ACTIVE STATUS OF CERTAIN RESERVE OFFICERS UNTIL AGE 60

SEC. 215. (a) Section 3855, relating to the retention in active status of certain reserve officers until age 60, is amended— (1) by inserting "the podiatry specialty in the Medical Allied Sciences Section of the Medical Service Corps, the Optometry Section of the Medical Service Corps," after "Veterinary Corps, and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "An officer may be retained in an active status under the authority of this section only to fill a mission-based requirement.". (b) Section 8855, relating to the retention in active status of certain officers until age 60, is amended— (1) by inserting "optometrist, podiatrist," after "veterinary officer,;

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