[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: 32CFR1645.6]

[Page 337]
 
                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                  CHAPTER XVI--SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM
 
PART 1645_CLASSIFICATION OF MINISTERS OF RELIGION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1645.6  Considerations relevant to granting or denying a claim 
for Class 4-D.

    (a) The board shall first determine whether the registrant is 
requesting classification in Class 4-D because he is a regular minister 
of religion or because he is a duly ordained minister of religion.
    (b) If the registrant claims to be a duly ordained minister of 
religion, the board will:
    (1) Determine whether the registrant 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 religious character, to 
preach and teach the doctrines of such church, sect, or organization and 
to administer the rites and ceremonies thereof in public worship; and
    (2) Determine whether the registrant as his regular, customary, and 
bona fide vocation, preaches and teaches the principles of religion and 
administers the ordinances of public worship, as embodied in the creed 
or principles of the church, sect, or organization by which the 
registrant was ordained.
    (c) If the registrant claims to be a regular minister of religion, 
the board will:
    (1) Determine whether the registrant as his customary and regular 
calling or customary and regular full-time profession, 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
    (2) Determine whether the registrant is recognized by such church, 
sect, or organization as a regular minister.
    (d) If the board determines that the registrant is a regular 
minister of religion or duly ordained minister of religion he shall be 
classified in Class 4-D.