10 USC § 9064 - Air Force nurses: Chief; appointment

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title: "10 USC § 9064 - Air Force nurses: Chief; appointment"
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title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9064"
section_name: "Air Force nurses: Chief; appointment"
chapter_number: 907
chapter_name: "THE AIR FORCE"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 502(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2511, § 8069; amended Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 505, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2004; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 504(a)(3), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2531; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(nn)(1), (2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2106; renumbered § 9069, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; renumbered § 9064 and amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 952(b)(1), title XVII, § 1731(a)(61), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1561, 1815.)"
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# § 9064. Air Force nurses: Chief; appointment

**(a)** **Position of Chief.—** There is a Chief of the Air Force Nurse Corps.

**(b)** **Chief.—** The Secretary of the Air Force shall appoint the Chief from the officers of the Regular Air Force designated as Air Force nurses whose regular grade is above lieutenant colonel and who are recommended by the Surgeon General. The Chief serves during the pleasure of the Secretary.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 502(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2511, § 8069; amended Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 505, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2004; Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 504(a)(3), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2531; Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 502(nn)(1), (2), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2106; renumbered § 9069, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(c), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1833; renumbered § 9064 and amended Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 952(b)(1), title XVII, § 1731(a)(61), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1561, 1815.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (a). , substituted “is” for “are”. Amendment was directed to  and was executed before amendment by , see above, pursuant to , set out as a Coordination of Certain Sections of an Act With Other Provisions of That Act note under .

2018— renumbered  as .

2016—, amended section catchline generally, substituting “Air Force nurses: Chief; appointment” for “Air Force nurses: Chief and assistant chief; appointment; grade”.

Subsec. (a). , substituted “Position of Chief” for “Positions of Chief and Assistant Chief” in heading and struck out “and assistant chief” after “There are a Chief” in text.

Subsec. (b). , struck out second sentence which read as follows: “An appointee who holds a lower regular grade shall be appointed in the regular grade of major general.”

Subsec. (c). , struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “The Surgeon General shall appoint the assistant chief from the officers of the Regular Air Force designated as Air Force nurses whose regular grade is above lieutenant colonel.”

2002—Subsec. (b).  substituted “major general” for “brigadier general” in second sentence.

1998—Subsec. (b).  struck out “, but not for more than three years, and may not be reappointed to the same position” after “pleasure of the Secretary”.

## 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 .