[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 42CFR21.42]



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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.  21.42  Examinations; junior assistant, assistant, or senior assistant 

grade.



    The examination for appointment to the junior assistant, assistant, 

or senior assistant grade in the Regular Corps shall consist of (a) a 

written professional examination relating to the fundamentals of the 

candidate's profession or specialty within his profession and their 

relationship to the activities of the Service, and (b) an examination as 

to the candidate's general fitness, which shall include an oral 

interview, and a review and evaluation of the candidate's academic and 

professional education and professional training and experience, and may 

include other written tests to determine the candidate's fitness for 

appointment as an officer. If an applicant for appointment to any of 

these grades is an officer of the Reserve Corps who has been on active 

duty for not less than one year immediately preceding his application, 

the Surgeon General may direct that the officer be examined as provided 

in Sec.  21.43.



[21 FR 9806, Dec. 12, 1956, as amended at 24 FR 1790, Mar. 12, 1959; 25 

FR 11099, Nov. 23, 1960]