Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§2113b Academic Health System
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART III— - TRAINING AND EDUCATION › Chapter CHAPTER 104— - UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES › § 2113b
Summary
Secretary of Defense can create an Academic Health System to unite military health care, training, and research in the National Capital Region and can appoint DoD staff to run it, in addition to military leaders. National Capital Region is the area near Washington, D.C., as the Secretary sets.
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Title 10, §2113b
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(a)The Secretary of Defense may establish an Academic Health System to integrate the health care, health professions education, and health research activities of the military health system, including under this chapter, in the National Capital Region.
(b)(1)The Secretary may appoint employees of the Department of Defense to leadership positions in the Academic Health System established under subsection (a).
(2)Such positions may include responsibilities for management of the health care, health professions education, and health research activities described in subsection (a) and are in addition to similar leadership positions for members of the armed forces.
(c)In this section, the term “National Capital Region” means the area, or portion thereof, as determined by the Secretary, in the vicinity of the District of Columbia.
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10 U.S.C. § 2113b
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73