§2509 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary may not order an involuntary administrative separation of a Coast Guard member just because a medical issue the member had was reviewed by a Physical Evaluation Board that already found the member fit for duty. If the Secretary has reason to believe that the medical issue actually makes the member unsuitable, the Secretary can ask the Physical Evaluation Board to reevaluate the member. If that reevaluation finds the member unfit, the member may be retired or separated for physical disability under chapter 61 of title 10. A "covered individual" means a Coast Guard member the Physical Evaluation Board has found fit for duty.

Title 14, §2509

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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary may not authorize the involuntary administrative separation of a covered individual based on a determination that the covered individual is unsuitable for deployment or other assignment due to a medical condition of the covered individual considered by a Physical Evaluation Board during an evaluation of the covered individual that resulted in the covered individual being determined to be fit for duty.

(b)(1)The Secretary may require a Physical Evaluation Board to reevaluate any covered individual if the Secretary determines there is reason to believe that a medical condition of the covered individual considered by a Physical Evaluation Board during an evaluation of the covered individual renders the covered individual unsuitable for continued duty.

(2)A covered individual who is determined, based on a reevaluation under paragraph (1), to be unfit to perform the duties of the covered individual’s office, grade, rank, or rating may be retired or separated for physical disability under chapter 61 of title 10.

(c)In this section, the term “covered individual” means any member of the Coast Guard who has been determined by a Physical Evaluation Board, pursuant to a physical evaluation by that board, to be fit for duty.

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Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 427 of this title as this section. 2016—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “chapter 61 of title 10” for “this chapter”.

§2509 Prohibition of Certain Involuntary Administrative Separations

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Title 14, §2509

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