[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR1645.1]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XVI--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
 
PART 1645_CLASSIFICATION OF MINISTERS OF RELIGION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1645.1  Purpose; definitions.




Sec.
1645.1 Purpose; definitions.
1645.2 The claim for minister of religion classification.
1645.3 Basis for classification in Class 4-D.
1645.4 Exclusion from Class 4-D.
1645.5 Impartiality.
1645.6 Considerations relevant to granting or denying a claim for Class 
          4-D.
1645.7 Evaluation of claim.
1645.8 Types of decisions.
1645.9 Statement of reason for denial.

    Authority: Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 451 et 
seq.; E.O. 11623.

    Source: 47 FR 4660, Feb. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The provisions of this part govern the consideration of a claim 
by a registrant for classification in Class 4-D (Sec. 1630.43 of this 
chapter).
    (b) The definitions of this paragraph shall apply in the 
interpretation of the provisions of this part:
    (1) The term duly ordained minister of religion means a person:
    (i) Who has been ordained in accordance with the ceremonial ritual 
or discipline of a church, religious sect, or organization established 
on the basis of a community of faith and belief, doctrines and practices 
of a religious character; and
    (ii) Who preaches and teaches the doctrines of such church, sect, or 
organization; and
    (iii) Who administers the rites and ceremonies thereof in public 
worship; and
    (iv) Who, as his regular and customary vocation, preaches and 
teaches the principles of religion; and
    (v) Who administers the ordinances of public worship as embodied in 
the creed or principles of such church, sect, or organization.
    (2) The term regular minister of religion means one who as his 
customary vocation preaches and teaches the principles of religion of a 
church, a religious sect, or organization of which he is a member, 
without having been formally ordained as a minister of religion, and who 
is recognized by such church, sect, or organization as a regular 
minister.
    (3) The term regular or duly ordained minister of religion does not 
include:
    (i) A person who irregularly or incidentally preaches and teaches 
the principles of religion of a church, religious sect, or organization; 
or
    (ii) Any person who has been duly ordained a minister in accordance 
with the ceremonial rite or discipline of a church, religious sect or 
organization, but who does not regularly, as a bona fide vocation, teach 
and preach the principles of religion and administer the ordinances of 
public worship, as embodied in the creed or principles of his church, 
sect, or organization.
    (4) The term vocation denotes one's regular calling or full-time 
profession.