[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 42, Volume 1] [Revised as of October 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 42CFR21.31] [Page 78] 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. 21.31 Eligibility; all grades; academic and professional education and professional training and experience. The Surgeon General is authorized, subject to the other provisions of this subpart to adopt additional standards by which the education, training, and experience required under this subpart, and evidence thereof, shall be of such specific kind and quality, pertinent to the particular profession concerned, as in his judgment are necessary to limit the examination to qualified candidates. [21 FR 9806, Dec. 12, 1956. Redesignated at 25 FR 5184, June 10, 1960]