10-U.S.C.-8036

§8036 – Surgeon General: Appointment; Grade

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Title 10 > Subtitle D > Part I > Chapter 805 > Section 8036

Details

• Reference: Section 8036
• Legend: §8036 – Surgeon General: Appointment; Grade
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

There is a Surgeon General of the Air Force who is appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate from officers of the Air Force who are in the Air Force medical department. The Surgeon General, while so serving, has the grade of lieutenant general.

(Added Pub. L. 89–288, §5(a), Oct. 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 1050; amended Pub. L. 99–433, title V, §522(g)(2), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 1063; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title V, §506(c), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 296.)

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–106 substituted in the Air Force medical department for designated as medical officers under section 8067(a) of this title.

1986—Pub. L. 99–433 substituted a semicolon for the comma in section catchline.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

10-U.S.C.-8034 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Air Force

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