Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110

§350 Workforce Health and Medical Support

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Under Secretary for Management must run and coordinate health and medical programs for the Department’s people and animals. They can pass jobs to others when needed. Working with the Chief Medical Officer, the Under Secretary must watch over medical and veterinary care, make health and workplace exposure rules, send medical experts to parts of the Department on a reimbursable basis, be the main Department contact for assigning Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers (while each component keeps paying, setting duties, and supervising those officers), and do other duties the Secretary requires.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §350

Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general

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)Responsibilities

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110