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10 USC § 8220 - Dental services: responsibilities of senior dental officer 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8220"
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title: "10 USC § 8220 - Dental services: responsibilities of senior dental officer"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8220"
section_name: "Dental services: responsibilities of senior dental officer"
chapter_number: 825
chapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 377, § 6029; renumbered § 8220, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(7), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 8220. Dental services: responsibilities of senior dental officer

**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations for dental services on ships and at shore stations. Such services shall be under the senior dental officer, who is responsible to the commanding officer of the ship or station for all professional, technical, and administrative matters concerning dental services.

**(b)** This section does not impose any administrative requirements that would interfere with the proper functioning of battle organizations.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 377, § 6029; renumbered § 8220, 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) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6029 | 5 U.S.C. 456d. | Dec. 28, 1945, ch. 604, § 4, 59 Stat. 667. |

The words “for establishing” are omitted as executed and unnecessary.

The last sentence of , , was a repealing clause and savings provision. It is omitted from this section.

## Editorial Notes

### 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 .