---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 21.26"
title: "42"
number: "21.26"
heading: "Eligibility; assistant grade."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/21.26"
---

# §21.26. Eligibility; assistant grade.

- (a) **Requirements; all candidates.** Except as otherwise provided in this section every candidate for examination for appointment in the grade of assistant:
  - (1) Shall meet the requirements for eligibility for examination for appointment in the grade of junior assistant;
  - (2) Shall be at least 21 years of age; and
  - (3) Shall have had at least 7 years of educational and professional training or experience subsequent to high school, except that a candidate who applies for examination for appointment in the Reserve Corps to serve as a medical or dental intern may be examined for such appointment upon the completion of 6 years of such education, training, or experience.
- (b) **Additional requirements; dietitians.** Every candidate for examination for appointment as a dietitian shall have successfully completed an approved training course for dietetic interns.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 215, 58 Stat. 690, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 216; sec. 208, 58 Stat. 685, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 209.

### Source

Source: 21 FR 9806, Dec. 12, 1956, unless otherwise noted.