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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 Surgeon General shall assign one commissioned officer from the Regular Corps to administer the Office of the Surgeon General, to act as Surgeon General during the absence or disability of the Surgeon General or in the event of a vacancy in that office, and to perform such other duties as the Surgeon General may prescribe, and while so assigned he shall have the title of Deputy Surgeon General.

( July 1, 1944, ch. 373 , title II, § 205, 58 Stat. 684 ; Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 3 , 62 Stat. 39 ; June 16, 1948, ch. 481, § 6(b) , 62 Stat. 469 ; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953 , 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631 ; Pub. L. 96–76, title III , §§ 302(b), 303, Sept. 29, 1979 , 93 Stat. 584 ; Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title III, § 3214(e)(3) , Mar. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 373 .)

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