10 U.S.C. § 1555 — Professional staff

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-261 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 180 words · no verdicts yet

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Each military department’s service review agency must have at least one attorney and one physician, with specified supervision and duties.

(a) Each military-department Secretary must permanently assign full-time at least one attorney and one physician to the department’s service review agency. They may be service members or civilian employees. (b) Assigned personnel must (1) work under the agency director or executive director and (2) advise that official or other staff on legal or medical matters being considered. (c) “Service review agency” means (1) for the Army, the Army Review Boards Agency; (2) for the Navy, the Navy Council of Personnel Boards and Board for Correction of Naval Records; and (3) for the Air Force, the Department of the Air Force Review Boards Agency.

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(a)

The Secretary of each military department shall assign to the staff of the service review agency of that military department at least one attorney and at least one physician. Such assignments shall be made on a permanent, full-time basis and may be made from members of the armed forces or civilian employees.

(b)

Personnel assigned pursuant to subsection (a)—

(1)

shall work under the supervision of the director or executive director (as the case may be) of the service review agency; and

(2)

shall be assigned duties as advisers to the director or executive director or other staff members on legal and medical matters, respectively, that are being considered by the agency.

(c)

In this section, the term “service review agency” means—

(1)

with respect to the Department of the Army, the Army Review Boards Agency;

(2)

with respect to the Department of the Navy, the Navy Council of Personnel Boards and the Board for Correction of Naval Records; and

(3)

with respect to the Department of the Air Force, the Department of the Air Force Review Boards Agency.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 542(a)(1), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2020; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 582, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 634; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1722(j)(2)(A), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 673.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-261 · 112 Stat. 2020
1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-65 · 113 Stat. 634
2023Amended · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 673

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-261 on 1998-10-17.

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