Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§8220 Dental Services: Responsibilities of Senior Dental Officer
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 825— ADMINISTRATION › § 8220
Summary
The Secretary of the Navy must make rules for dental care on ships and at shore stations. Dental care must be led by the senior dental officer, who answers to the ship’s or station’s commanding officer for all professional, technical, and administrative parts of dental services. The rules cannot add administrative steps that interfere with how combat units operate.
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Title 10, §8220
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(a)The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations for dental services on ships and at shore stations. Such services shall be under the senior dental officer, who is responsible to the commanding officer of the ship or station for all professional, technical, and administrative matters concerning dental services.
(b)This section does not impose any administrative requirements that would interfere with the proper functioning of battle organizations.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 60295 U.S.C. 456d.Dec. 28, 1945, ch. 604, § 4, 59 Stat. 667. The words “for establishing” are omitted as executed and unnecessary. The last sentence of § 4 of the Act of December 28, 1945, ch. 604, 59 Stat. 667, was a repealing clause and
Savings Provision
. It is omitted from this section.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 6029 of this title as this section.
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.
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 8220
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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