[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: 42CFR21.42]

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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. 21.42  Examinations; junior assistant, assistant, or senior assistant grade.

    The examination for appointment to the junior assistant, assistant, 
or senior assistant grade in the Regular Corps shall consist of (a) a 
written professional examination relating to the fundamentals of the 
candidate's profession or specialty within his profession and their 
relationship to the activities of the Service, and (b) an examination as 
to the candidate's general fitness, which shall include an oral 
interview, and a review and evaluation of the candidate's academic and 
professional education and professional training and experience, and may 
include other written tests to determine the candidate's fitness for 
appointment as an officer. If an applicant for appointment to any of 
these grades is an officer of the Reserve Corps who has been on active 
duty for not less than one year immediately preceding his application, 
the Surgeon General may direct that the officer be examined as provided 
in Sec. 21.43.

[21 FR 9806, Dec. 12, 1956, as amended at 24 FR 1790, Mar. 12, 1959; 25 
FR 11099, Nov. 23, 1960]