[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR21.28]



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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. 21.28  Age requirements, Regular Corps, senior assistant grade and 

below.



    No candidate for appointment to the Regular Corps, except in the 

nurse category, shall be appointed (a) after age 31 to the permanent 

junior assistant grade, (b) after age 34 to the permanent assistant 

grade, or (c) after age 37 to the permanent senior assistant grade: 

Provided, That the Surgeon General may waive these age limitations, 

subject to other provisions of law, in the case of any officer of the 

Reserve Corps who is recommended for appointment to the Regular Corps by 

the Chief of the Bureau to which he is assigned and who has been on 

continuous active duty for at least two years immediately preceding the 

date of such recommendation. The age limitations for candidates who have 

had prior active service in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health 

Service shall be increased by the period of such service.



[27 FR 3886, Apr. 24, 1962]