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Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE > CHAPTER 6A—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER I—ADMINISTRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS > Part A—Administration

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The Public Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services shall be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Health under the supervision and direction of the Secretary.

( July 1, 1944, ch. 373 , title II, § 201, 58 Stat. 683 ; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8 eff. Apr. 11, 1953 , 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631 ; Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2008(f) , June 10, 1993 , 107 Stat. 212 .)

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