Prohibition of certain involuntary administrative separations

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Title 14—COAST GUARD > SUBTITLE II—PERSONNEL > CHAPTER 25—PERSONNEL; GENERAL PROVISIONS > SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary may not authorize the involuntary administrative separation of a covered individual based on a determination that the covered individual is unsuitable for deployment or other assignment due to a medical condition of the covered individual considered by a Physical Evaluation Board during an evaluation of the covered individual that resulted in the covered individual being determined to be fit for duty.

(Added Pub. L. 112–213, title II, § 209(a) , Dec. 20, 2012 , 126 Stat. 1549 , § 427; amended Pub. L. 114–120, title II, § 209(6) , Feb. 8, 2016 , 130 Stat. 41 ; renumbered § 2509, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 114(b) , Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4223 .)

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