42 USC § 1592o - Powers of Surgeon General of Public Health Service

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title: "42 USC § 1592o - Powers of Surgeon General of Public Health Service"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1592o"
section_name: "Powers of Surgeon General of Public Health Service"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "IX"
subchapter_name: "DEFENSE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title III, § 316, 65 Stat. 310.)"
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# § 1592o. Powers of Surgeon General of Public Health Service

section 1591b of this title*Provided*

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, all functions, powers, and duties under this subchapter and  with respect to health, refuse disposal, sewage treatment, and water purification shall be exercised by and vested in the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service: , That the Surgeon General shall have power to delegate to any other Federal agency functions, powers, and duties with respect to construction.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title III, § 316, 65 Stat. 310.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to , which is classified to , Education.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Office of Surgeon General abolished by section 3 of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 3 eff. , 31 F.R. 8855, , and functions thereof transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 1 of 1966 Reorg. Plan. No. 3, set out as a note under . Office of Surgeon General reestablished within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, see Notice of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, , 52 F.R. 11754.