Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§544b Employment of Physicians to Examine Employees; Fee or Employment Basis; Validation of Prior Agreements
Title 33 › CHAPTER 12 — RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 544b
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Chief of Engineers can hire doctors to examine employees or applicants, on a fee or salaried basis. Agreements and reasonable payments before March 2, 1945 are approved and credited by Comptroller General.
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Title 33, §544b
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The Chief of Engineers may authorize the employment of physicians under agreement, to make such physical examinations of employees or prospective employees as he may consider essential, on a fee or regular employment basis, and all agreements entered into prior to March 2, 1945, for such purposes are validated, and the Comptroller General is authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of disbursing officers for reasonable payments made prior to March 2, 1945, for such services.
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For transfer of certain functions insofar as they pertain to Air Force, and to extent that they were not previously transferred to Secretary of the Air Force and Department of the Air Force from Secretary of the Army and Department of the Army, see Secretary of Defense Transfer Order No. 40, July 22, 1949.
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33 U.S.C. § 544b
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102