Commissioned Corps and Ready Reserve Corps

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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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There shall be in the Service a commissioned Regular Corps and, for service in time of a public health or national emergency, a Ready Reserve Corps.

( July 1, 1944, ch. 373 , title II, § 203, 58 Stat. 683 ; Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 2 , 62 Stat. 39 ; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782 , title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 972 ; Pub. L. 96–76, title III, § 302(a) , Sept. 29, 1979 , 93 Stat. 584 ; Pub. L. 111–148, title V, § 5210 , Mar. 23, 2010 , 124 Stat. 614 ; Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(ff)(1) , Aug. 10, 2012 , 126 Stat. 1290 ; Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title III, § 3214(a) , Mar. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 372 .)

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