[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 42CFR21.29]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 21--COMMISSIONED OFFICERS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Appointment
 
Sec. 21.29  Eligibility; grades above senior assistant grade.

    Every candidate for examination for appointment in grades above that 
of senior assistant shall meet the requirements for eligibility for 
examination for appointment in the grade of senior assistant. Candidates 
for examination for appointment in the full, senior, or director grade 
shall have completed at least 7, 14, or 15 additional years, 
respectively, of postgraduate professional training for experience. When 
officers of the Service are unavailable for the performance of duties 
requiring highly specialized training and experience in special fields 
related to public health, the Surgeon General may specify that a 
candidate for appointment to the Regular Corps with such highly 
specialized training and experience shall be examined for appointment in 
the full or senior grade upon completion of at least 5 or 12 additional 
years, respectively, of postgraduate professional training or 
experience, except that the total number of such appointments during a 
fiscal year shall not exceed three.

[21 FR 9806, Dec. 12, 1956. Redesignated at 25 FR 5184, June 10, 1960]