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 9067 of this title, or over persons placed under his charge.
10 U.S.C. § 9229
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES 1956 ACT | ||
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
8579(a) | 10:82. | R.S. 1169. |
8579(b) | 10:166e (less 1st sentence). | Apr. 16, 1947, ch. 38, §106 (less 1st sentence), 61 Stat. 44. |
1958 ACT | ||
Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
8579(b) | 10 App.:166b-3. | Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 654, §1, 69 Stat. 579. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2018- Pub. L. 115-232 renumbered section 8579 of this title as this section and substituted "section 9067" for "section 8067". 1980-Pub. L. 96-513 substituted provision prohibiting an officer designated as a medical, dental, veterinary, medical service, or biomedical sciences officer or as a nurse from exercising command because of rank, except within the categories prescribed in section 8067(a) to (f) or (i) of this title, or over persons placed under his charge for provision prohibiting an officer designated as a medical, dental, veterinary, or medical service officer from exercising command because of rank, except within categories prescribed in section 8067(a) to (d) of this title, and authorizing an Air Force nurse or medical specialist to exercise command only within his category, or over persons placed under his charge. 1958-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-861 struck out "woman" before "medical specialist", and substituted "his" for "her" in two places.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 115-232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115-232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe regulations under the amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
- officer
- The term "officer" means a commissioned or warrant officer.
- rank
- The term "rank" means the order of precedence among members of the armed forces.