10 USC § 7067 - Army Medical Department

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title: "10 USC § 7067 - Army Medical Department"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "7067"
section_name: "Army Medical Department"
chapter_number: 707
chapter_name: "THE ARMY"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 168, § 3067; Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(60), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1462; Pub. L. 90–329, June 4, 1968, 82 Stat. 170; renumbered § 7067, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)"
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# § 7067. Army Medical Department

There is an Army Medical Department in the Army. The Army Medical Department consists of—

**(1)** the Surgeon General;

**(2)** the Assistant Surgeons General;

**(3)** the Medical Corps;

**(4)** the Dental Corps;

**(5)** the Veterinary Corps;

**(6)** the Medical Service Corps;

**(7)** the Army Nurse Corps; and

**(8)** the Army Medical Specialist Corps.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 168, § 3067; Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(60), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1462; Pub. L. 90–329, June 4, 1968, 82 Stat. 170; renumbered § 7067, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1838.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3067 | 10:81–1 (less last sentence). | June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 307 (less last sentence), 64 Stat. 270. |

The words “authorized by sections 21f and 21h, respectively, of this title” are omitted as surplusage. 10:81–1 (2d sentence) is omitted as covered by .

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 3067(8) | 10 App.:81–1. | Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 654, § 3(a), 69 Stat. 579. |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1968— substituted “Army Medical Department” for “Army Medical Service”.

1958— substituted “Army Medical Specialist Corps” for “Women’s Medical Specialist Corps” in cl. (8).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Augmentation of Army Medical Department by Detailing Reserve Officers of Public Health Service

> **“(a)** **Authority.—** The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may jointly conduct a program to augment the Army Medical Department by exercising any authorities provided to those officials in law for the detailing of reserve commissioned officers of the Public Health Service not in an active status to the Army Medical Department for that purpose.
> 
> **“(b)** **Agreement.—** The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into an agreement governing any program conducted under subsection (a).”

, title VII, § 755(a), (b)], , , 1654A–197, provided that: