[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: 42CFR21.29]



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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. 21.29  Eligibility; grades above senior assistant grade.



    Every candidate for examination for appointment in grades above that 

of senior assistant shall meet the requirements for eligibility for 

examination for appointment in the grade of senior assistant. Candidates 

for examination for appointment in the full, senior, or director grade 

shall have completed at least 7, 14, or 15 additional years, 

respectively, of postgraduate professional training for experience. When 

officers of the Service are unavailable for the performance of duties 

requiring highly specialized training and experience in special fields 

related to public health, the Surgeon General may specify that a 

candidate for appointment to the Regular Corps with such highly 

specialized training and experience shall be examined for appointment in 

the full or senior grade upon completion of at least 5 or 12 additional 

years, respectively, of postgraduate professional training or 

experience, except that the total number of such appointments during a 

fiscal year shall not exceed three.



[21 FR 9806, Dec. 12, 1956. Redesignated at 25 FR 5184, June 10, 1960]