---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch6A/schI/ptA"
level: "part"
label: "Part A"
heading: "Administration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch6A-schI-ptA"
sections_count: 49
---

# Part A — Administration

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 6A — Public Health Service › Subchapter I — Administration and Miscellaneous Provisions

## Sections

- [§202. Administration and supervision of Service](/usc/42/202.md)
- [§203. Organization of Service](/usc/42/203.md)
- [§204. Commissioned Corps and Ready Reserve Corps](/usc/42/204.md)
- [§204a. Deployment readiness](/usc/42/204a.md)
- [§205. Appointment and tenure of office of Surgeon General; reversion in rank](/usc/42/205.md)
- [§206. Assignment of officers](/usc/42/206.md)
- [§207. Grades, ranks, and titles of commissioned corps](/usc/42/207.md)
- [§208. Repealed.](/usc/42/208.md)
- [§209. Appointment of personnel](/usc/42/209.md)
- [§209a. Omitted](/usc/42/209a.md)
- [§209b. Omitted](/usc/42/209b.md)
- [§209c. Repealed.](/usc/42/209c.md)
- [§209d. Appointment of osteopaths as commissioned officers](/usc/42/209d.md)
- [§210. Pay and allowances](/usc/42/210.md)
- [§210–1. Annual and sick leave](/usc/42/210-1.md)
- [§210a. Repealed.](/usc/42/210a.md)
- [§210b. Professional categories](/usc/42/210b.md)
- [§211. Promotion of commissioned officers](/usc/42/211.md)
- [§211a. Repealed.](/usc/42/211a.md)
- [§211b. Repealed.](/usc/42/211b.md)
- [§211c. Promotion credit for medical officers in assistant grade](/usc/42/211c.md)
- [§212. Retirement of commissioned officers](/usc/42/212.md)
- [§212a. Repealed.](/usc/42/212a.md)
- [§212b. Repealed.](/usc/42/212b.md)
- [§213. Military benefits](/usc/42/213.md)
- [§213a. Rights, benefits, privileges, and immunities for commissioned officers or beneficiaries; exercise of authority by Secretary or designee](/usc/42/213a.md)
- [§214. Presentation of United States flag upon retirement](/usc/42/214.md)
- [§214a. Repealed.](/usc/42/214a.md)
- [§215. Detail of Service personnel](/usc/42/215.md)
- [§216. Regulations](/usc/42/216.md)
- [§217. Use of Service in time of war or emergency](/usc/42/217.md)
- [§217a. Advisory councils or committees](/usc/42/217a.md)
- [§217a–1. Advisory committees; prohibition of consideration of political affiliations](/usc/42/217a-1.md)
- [§217b. Volunteer services](/usc/42/217b.md)
- [§218. National Advisory Councils on Migrant Health](/usc/42/218.md)
- [§218a. Training of officers](/usc/42/218a.md)
- [§219...224. Transferred](/usc/42/219...224.md)
- [§225. Repealed.](/usc/42/225.md)
- [§225a...227. Transferred](/usc/42/225a...227.md)
- [§227a. Omitted](/usc/42/227a.md)
- [§228...229d. Transferred](/usc/42/228...229d.md)
- [§230. Repealed.](/usc/42/230.md)
- [§231. Service and supply fund; uses; reimbursement](/usc/42/231.md)
- [§232. National Institute of Mental Health; authorization of appropriation; construction; location](/usc/42/232.md)
- [§233. Civil actions or proceedings against commissioned officers or employees](/usc/42/233.md)
- [§234. Health care professionals assisting during a public health emergency](/usc/42/234.md)
- [§235. Administration of grants in multigrant proj­ects; promulgation of regulations](/usc/42/235.md)
- [§236. Orphan Products Board](/usc/42/236.md)
- [§237. Silvio O. Conte Senior Biomedical Research and Biomedical Product Assessment Service](/usc/42/237.md)
- [§237a. Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health](/usc/42/237a.md)