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§7067 Army Medical Department

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates Army Medical Department: Surgeon General, Assistant Surgeons General, and six corps (Medical; Dental; Veterinary; Medical Service; Army Nurse; Medical Specialist).

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §7067

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There is an Army Medical Department in the Army. The Army Medical Department consists of— (1)
(2)the Assistant Surgeons General;
(3)the Medical Corps;
(4)the Dental Corps;
(5)the Veterinary Corps;
(6)the Medical Service Corps;
(7)the Army Nurse Corps; and
(8)the Army Medical Specialist Corps.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

1956 Act Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 306710:81–1 (less last sentence).June 28, 1950, ch. 383, § 307 (less last sentence), 64 Stat. 270. The words “authorized by section 21f and 21h, respectively, of this title” are omitted as surplusage. 10:81–1 (2d sentence) is omitted as covered by section 3064 of this title. 1958 Act Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3067(8)10 App.:81–1.Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 654, § 3(a), 69 Stat. 579.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3067 of this title as this section. 1968—Pub. L. 90–329 substituted “Army Medical Department” for “Army Medical Service”. 1958—Pub. L. 85–861 substituted “Army Medical Specialist Corps” for “Women’s Medical Specialist Corps” in cl. (8).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

Amendments

and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. Augmentation of Army Medical Department by Detailing Reserve Officers of Public Health Service Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VII, § 755(a), (b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–197, provided that: “(a) Authority.—The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may jointly conduct a program to augment the Army Medical Department by exercising any authorities provided to those officials in law for the detailing of reserve commissioned officers of the Public Health Service not in an active status to the Army Medical Department for that purpose. “(b) Agreement.—The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into an agreement governing any program conducted under subsection (a).”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

10 U.S.C. § 7067

Title 10Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73