---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 2132"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "2132"
heading: "Designation of officers with particular expertise in military justice or healthcare"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/2132"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 21 — Personnel; Officers"
  - "Subchapter I — Appointment and Promotion"
---

# §2132. Designation of officers with particular expertise in military justice or healthcare

- (a) **Secretary Designation.—** The Secretary may designate a limited number of officers of the Coast Guard as having particular expertise in—
  - (1) military justice; or
  - (2) healthcare.
- (b) **Promotion and Grade.—** An individual designated under this section—
  - (1) shall not be included on the active duty promotion list;
  - (2) shall be promoted under [section 2126](/usc/14/2126.md); and
  - (3) may not be promoted to a grade higher than captain.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7221(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1699.)