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PUBLIC LAW 85-155-AUG. 21, 1957
[71 S T A T.
" (4) A board for the Medical Service Corps, for each grade, to recommend commanders, lieutenant commanders, lieutenants, and lieutenants (junior grade) for promotion to the next higher grade, each consisting of not less than six or more than nine officers serving in the grade of captain or above, of whom two-thirds shall be officers in the Medical Corps and one-third officers in the Medical Service Corps, except that when officers in the Medical Service Corps in dental specialties are eligible for consideration for promotion the membership of the board shall include, in lieu of one of the officers in the Medical Corps, an officer in the Dental Corps serving in the grade of captain or above. "(5) A board for the Nurse Corps to recommend commanders for promotion to captain, consisting of not less than six or more than nine officers serving in the grade of captain or above, of whom two-thirds shall be officers in the Medical Corps and onethird officers in the Nurse Corps unless there are insufficient officers of the Nurse Corps available to serve in which case the Secretary shall complete the minimum required membership by the appointment of officers in the Medical Corps serving in the grade of captain or above. "(6) A board for the Nurse Corps, for each grade, to recommend lieutenant commanders, lieutenants, and lieutenants (junior grade) for promotion to the next higher grade, each consisting of not less than six or more than nine officers of whom two-thirds shall be officers in the Medical Corps serving in the grade of captain or above and one-third officers in the Nurse Corps serving in the grade of captain or commander.-'; (C) amending subsection (b) to read as follows: "(b) Each board convened under this section to consider officers in the Medical Corps, the Supply Corps, the Chaplain Corps, the Civil Engineer Corps, or the Dental Corps shall consist of officers in the corps concerned, and each board convened under this section to consider officers of the Medical Service Corps or the Nurse Corps shall consist of officers in the corps indicated in subsection (a). Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), each board convened under this section shall consist of officers of the Regular Navy on the active list or the retired list."; (D) amending subsection (c) by striking out the word "When" and inserting in place thereof the words "Except as provided in subsection (a), when"; and (E) amending the second sentence of subsection (e) to read as follows: "However, boards to recommend officers in the Nurse CorjDS for promotion to the grades of captain and commander need not be convened unless there is a vacancy in the grade concerned or the Secretary estimates or determines that a vacancy will occur during the next 12 months." 70A"st"t'"34i (^) Section 5707(a) is amended by repealing clause (3) and renumbering clauses (4), (5), (6), and (7) as (3), (4), (5), and (6), respectively. cation!'"*^' *'*"^" C) Section 5708 is amended by— 70A'Stat. 342. (A) repealing clause (5) of subsection (b) and renumbering clauses (6), (7), and (8), as (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and (B) striking out in clause (2) of subsection (c) the words "lieutenant (junior g r a d e) " and inserting in place thereof the words "lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade)". Si^ibifuy!'*^* (8) Section 5753(b) is amended to read as follows: " (b) Officers in the Medical Corps, the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, the Medical Service Corps, and the Nurse Corps, in the grades of lieutenant and lieutenant (junior grade), except officers in those
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