Navy; staff corps officers: eligibility for consideration by selection board

§ 5753. Navy; staff corps officers: eligibility for consideration by selection board (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), staff corps officers are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade by a selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title when their running mates become eligible for consideration. (b) The following staff corps officers are eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade by a selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title when they are in the promotion zone or are senior to the officers in the promotion zone in the grade in which they are serving: 348 (1) Officers in the Medical Corps, the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, and the Medical Service Corps in the grades of lieutenant and lieutenant (junior grade), except officers in those corps appointed under section 5590 of this title. (2) Officers in the Nurse Corps in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade). (c) Each woman officer on the active list of the Navy in a staff corps appointed under section 5590 of this title is eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade by a selection board convened under chapter 543 of this title when the President approves the report of a line selection board that recommends for promotion to the next higher grade the running mate of the woman staff corps officer or a woman line officer junior to her running mate.