AGES FOR APPOINTMENT AND MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICERS.

SEC. 501. AGES FOR APPOINTMENT AND MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICERS.(a) Age for Original Appointment as Health Professions Officer.—Section 532(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “reserve”.(b) Mandatory Retirement Age for Health Professions Officers.—(1) Additional categories of officers eligible for deferral of mandatory retirement for age.—Paragraph (2) of section 1251(b) of such title is amended—(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking “or” at the end;(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(D) an officer in a category of officers designated by the Secretary of the military department concerned for the purposes of this paragraph as consisting of officers whose duties consist primarily of—“(i) providing health care;“(ii) performing other clinical care; or“(iii) performing health care-related administrative duties.”.(2) Conforming amendment.—Paragraph (1) of such section is amended by striking “the officer will be performing duties consisting primarily of providing patient care or performing other clinical duties.” and inserting “the officer—124 STAT. 4207 “(A) will be performing duties consisting primarily of providing patient care or performing other clinical duties; or“(B) is in a category of officers designated under subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) whose duties will consist primarily of the duties described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of such subparagraph.”.