[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 32, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 32CFR74.2]



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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE

 

              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

 

PART 74_APPOINTMENT OF DOCTORS OF OSTEOPATHY AS MEDICAL OFFICERS--Table 

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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

    (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]