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10 USC § 8742 - Physical examination: employees engaged in hazardous occupations 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8742"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 8742 - Physical examination: employees engaged in hazardous occupations"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8742"
section_name: "Physical examination: employees engaged in hazardous occupations"
chapter_number: 871
chapter_name: "CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 462, § 7472; renumbered § 8742, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8742. Physical examination: employees engaged in hazardous occupations

**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy may provide for physical examination by civilians of employees engaged in hazardous occupations, where the professional services of the Medical Department are not available. The Secretary may compensate these civilians for their services, on a contract or fee basis, at the rates customary in the locality.

**(b)** The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 462, § 7472; renumbered § 8742, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(d)(6), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7472 | 5 U.S.C. 415c. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 2, 60 Stat. 853. |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 412a. | Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, § 39, 60 Stat. 858. |

In subsection (b) the words “except the authority to prescribe regulations” are omitted, since  contains no authority for the Secretary of the Navy to prescribe regulations for the administration of that section.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8742 was renumbered .

### 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 .