78TH OONG. , 2 D SESS.-CH. 373-JULY 1, 1944 (f) Field employees of the Service, except those employed on a per diem or fee basis, who render part-time duty and are also sub- ject to call at any time for services not contemplated in their regular part-time employment, may be paid annual compensation for such part-time duty and, in addition, such fees for such other services as the Surgeon General may determine; but in no case shall the total paid to any such employee for any fiscal year exceed the amount of the minimum annual salary rate of the classification grade of the employee. (g) Whenever any commissioned or other officer or employee of the Service is assigned for duty which the Surgeon General finds requires intimate contact with persons afflicted with leprosy, he may receive, as provided by regulations of the President, in addition to the pay and any allowances of his grade, not more than one-half the pay of such grade, and such allowances or increased allowances as may be provided for by such regulations. (h) Individuals appointed under section 208 (d) shall have included in their fellowships such stipends or allowances, including travel and subsistence expenses, as the Surgeon General may deem necessary to procure qualified fellows. 687 Field employees ren- dering part-time duty. Contact with persons afflicted with leprosy. Fellowships. Ante, p. 686. PROMlOTIONS AND SEPARATION OF COMMI0SIONED OFFICERS IN THE REGULAR CORPS SEO. 210. (a) Promotions of commissioned officers of the Regular andPmdio Corps to any grade up to and including the director grade shall be grade. made only after examination given in accordance with regulations of the President and shall be made according to the same length of service as is now or may hereafter be prescribed for promotion of officers of corresponding grades of the Medical Corps of the Army, except that- (1) In time of war, or of national emergency proclaimed by tion' 0 s the President, any commissioned officer of the Regular Corps may be appointed to a higher temporary grade with the pay and allowances thereof without examination and without vacating his permanent appointment, and, if his service shall have been continuous, without renewing his oath of office; (2) For purposes of promotion, an officer whose original menalbove a appointment to the Regular Corps was above the assistant grade grade. shall be considered as having had on the date of such original appointment service equal to that of the jun o the junior officer othe grade to which he was appointed, except that if his active com- missioned service in the Service exceeds that of the junior officer of the grade, such service (not exceeding ten years for an officer appointed in the senior assistant grade and fourteen years for an officer appointed in the full grade) shall be credited for pur- poses of promotion; (3) Officers commissioned in the grade of junior assistant shall offlmSitan be examined for promotion in accordance with regulations of o the President and if qualified shall be promoted to the next higher grade; and (4) Commissioned officers other than medical, dental, sanitary lOcers ot engineering, and pharmacist officers shall be promoted in accord- ance with regulations of the President. (b) At the end of his first three years of service, the record of sepaOios each commissioned officer in the Regular Corps originally appointed in or above the grade of senior assistant shall be reviewed in accord- ance with regulations of the President and if found not fully qualified for further service he shall be separated from the Service and paid six months' pay and allowances. 58 STAT.] up to ilrector promo- ppolnt silstant rade of t. er than
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