10 USC § 8214 - Enlisted members: authority for transfer between Marine Corps and Hospital Corps of the Navy

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title: "10 USC § 8214 - Enlisted members: authority for transfer between Marine Corps and Hospital Corps of the Navy"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8214"
section_name: "Enlisted members: authority for transfer between Marine Corps and Hospital Corps of the Navy"
chapter_number: 825
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 375, § 6014; renumbered § 8214, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8214. Enlisted members: authority for transfer between Marine Corps and Hospital Corps of the Navy

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, enlisted members of the Marine Corps are eligible for transfer to the Hospital Corps of the Navy, and enlisted members of the Hospital Corps are eligible for transfer to the Marine Corps.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 375, § 6014; renumbered § 8214, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6014 | 34 U.S.C. 34 (proviso of 2d sentence). | Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417 (proviso of 2d sentence in 1st paragraph under “Hospital Corps”), 39 Stat. 572; Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 459, § 301(a), 61 Stat. 738. |
|  | 34 U.S.C. 34a. | Aug. 4, 1947, ch. 459, § 302, 61 Stat. 738. |

The authority to transfer Navy personnel to the Hospital Corps and personnel of that Corps to other branches or designations in the Navy is omitted as unnecessary because transfers within the Navy are permitted under provisions which authorize the Secretary of the Navy to establish grades and ratings () and to administer the Department ().

The saving provision of  which provided that no person would suffer any reduction in grade, rating, or pay, is omitted as executed. It pertained to personnel who, when the Hospital Corps was reorganized under the , §§ 301, 302, , were in grades and ratings prescribed by prior laws.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8214, acts , ; , , , prescribed authorized strength of Regular Air Force in enlisted members on active duty, exclusive of officer candidates and aviation cadets, prior to repeal by , , , effective .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## 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 .