[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR74.2]

[Page 373-374]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 74--APPOINTMENT OF DOCTORS OF OSTEOPATHY AS MEDICAL OFFICERS--Table of 
Contents
 
Sec. 74.2  Policy.

    In the interest of obtaining maximum uniformity, the following 
criteria are established for the appointment of doctors of osteopathy as 
medical officers:
    (a) To be eligible for appointment as Medical Corps officers in the 
Army and Navy or designated as medical officers in the Air Force, a 
doctor of osteopathy must:
    (1) Be a citizen of the United States;
    (2) Be a graduate of a college of osteopathy whose graduates are 
eligible for licensure to practice medicine or surgery in a majority of 
the States, and be licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy 
in one of the States or Territories of the United States or in the 
District of Columbia;
    (3) Possess such qualifications as the Secretary concerned may 
prescribe for his service, after considering the recommendations for 
such appointment by the Surgeon General of the Army or the Air Force or 
the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Navy;
    (4) Have completed a minimum of three years college work prior to 
entrance into a college of osteopathy;
    (5) Have completed a four-year course with a degree of Doctor of 
Osteopathy from a school of osteopathy approved by the American 
Osteopathic Association; and

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    (6) Have had subsequent to graduation from an approved school of 
osteopathy 12 months or more of intern or residency training approved by 
the American Osteopathic Association.
    (b) [Reserved]