Medical Service Corps: organization; Chief and assistant chiefs

§ 3068. Medical Service Corps: organization; Chief and assistant chiefs (a) The Medical Service Corps consists of the Chief and assistant chiefs of that corps, officers in grades of second lieutenant through colonel, inclusive, and the following sections— (1) the Pharmacy, Supply, and Administration Section; (2) the Medical Allied Sciences Section; (3) the Sanitary Engineering Section; (4) the Optometry Section; and (5) other sections considered necessary by the Secretary of the Army. (b) The Secretary shall appoint the Chief of the Medical Service Corps from the officers of the Regular Army in that corps whose regular grade is above captain. The Chief serves during the pleasure of the Secretary. If he holds a lower regular grade, he is entitled to the rank, pay, and allowances of a colonel while so serving, without vacating his regular grade, and ranks above all other colonels in that corps. (c) The Surgeon General shall designate assistant chiefs of the Medical Service Corps from commissioned officers of the Regular Army in that corps. Each assistant chief is chief of a section and is the Surgeon General’s consultant on activities relating to that section.