Grades, ranks, and titles of commissioned 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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Officers of the director grade—colonel;

( July 1, 1944, ch. 373 , title II, § 206, 58 Stat. 684 ; Feb. 28, 1948, ch. 83, § 4 , 62 Stat. 39 ; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 653 , 65 Stat. 700 ; July 17, 1952, ch. 931 , 66 Stat. 758 ; 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 1, §§ 5, 8, eff. Apr. 11, 1953 , 18 F.R. 2053, 67 Stat. 631 ; Pub. L. 87–649, § 11(1) , Sept. 7, 1962 , 76 Stat. 497 ; Pub. L. 95–215, § 8(b) , Dec. 19, 1977 , 91 Stat. 1507 ; Pub. L. 96–76, title III, § 304 , Sept. 29, 1979 , 93 Stat. 584 ; Pub. L. 99–117, § 9 , Oct. 7, 1985 , 99 Stat. 494 ; Pub. L. 101–93, § 5(p) , Aug. 16, 1989 , 103 Stat. 614 ; Pub. L. 101–502, § 5(k)(1) , Nov. 3, 1990 , 104 Stat. 1289 ; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 582 , Sept. 23, 1996 , 110 Stat. 2538 ; Pub. L. 116–136, div. A, title III, § 3214(e)(3) , Mar. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 373 .)

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