Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§350 Workforce health and medical support

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - MANAGEMENT › § 350

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Under Secretary for Management must run and oversee the Department’s health and medical work for its employees and animals, and can give that work to others if needed. Working with the Chief Medical Officer, the Under Secretary must coordinate medical and veterinary services, create health and occupational exposure policies and guidance, may assign medical liaisons to components on a reimbursable basis, act as the main contact on agreements about Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers (while components keep control of funding, duties, and supervision), and carry out other related duties the Secretary requires.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §350

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(a)The Under Secretary for Management shall be responsible for workforce-focused health and medical activities of the Department. The Under Secretary for Management may further delegate responsibility for those activities, as appropriate.

(b)The Under Secretary for Management, in coordination with the Chief Medical Officer, shall—

(1)provide oversight and coordinate the medical and health activities of the Department for the human and animal personnel of the Department;

(2)establish medical, health, veterinary, and occupational health exposure policy, guidance, strategies, and initiatives for the human and animal personnel of the Department;

(3)as deemed appropriate by the Under Secretary, provide medical liaisons to the components of the Department, on a reimbursable basis, to provide subject matter expertise on occupational medical and public health issues;

(4)serve as the primary representative for the Department on agreements regarding the detail of Commissioned Corps officers of the Public Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department, except that components of the Department shall retain authority for funding, determination of specific duties, and supervision of such detailed Commissioned Corps officers; and

(5)perform such other duties relating to the responsibilities described in this subsection as the Secretary may require.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 350

Title 6 — Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73