Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Part B · Chapter 6A — Public Health Service
§ 238g. Wearing of uniforms
Statutory text
Except as may be authorized by regulations of the President, the insignia and uniform of commissioned officers of the Service, or any distinctive part of such insignia or uniform, or any insignia or uniform any part of which is similar to a distinctive part thereof, shall not be worn, after the promulgation of such regulations, by any person other than a commissioned officer of the Service.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 78–373 · 58 Stat. 682
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 238g
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 238, formerly title V, § 510, 58 Stat. 711
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 238, formerly title V, § 510, 58 Stat. 711
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 300aaa–7 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103–43, to section 300cc–9 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 100–607, to section 300aa–9 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 99–660, and to section 228 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 98–24.
Amendments
1948—Act , struck out penal provisions. See section 702 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Amendment effective , see section 20 of act .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Public Health Service, Surgeon General of Public Health Service, and all other officers and employees of Public Health Service, and functions of all agencies of or in Public Health Service transferred to Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1966, eff. , 31 F.R. 8855, 80 Stat. 1610, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.
Delegation of Functions
Functions of President delegated to Secretary of Health and Human Services, see Ex. Ord. No. 11140, , 29 F.R. 1637, as amended, set out as a note under section 202 of this title.
Credits
1944–1993 · 8 acts
- 1944July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 238, formerly title V, § 510, 58 Stat. 711
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 5, 62 Stat. 859
- 1983renumbered title XXI, § 2110, Pub. L. 98–24, § 2(a)(1), , 97 Stat. 176
- 1986renumbered title XXIII, § 2310, Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a), , 100 Stat. 3755
- 1988renumbered title XXV, § 2508, Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 201(1), (3), , 102 Stat. 3062, 3063
- 1988renumbered title XXVI, § 2608, Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2620(a), , 102 Stat. 4244
- 1990renumbered title XXVII, § 2708, Pub. L. 101–381, title I, § 101(1), (2), , 104 Stat. 576
- 1993renumbered title II, § 238, Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2010(a)(1)–(3), , 107 Stat. 213.
Show as published
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title II, § 238, formerly title V, § 510, 58 Stat. 711; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 5, 62 Stat. 859; renumbered title XXI, § 2110, Pub. L. 98–24, § 2(a)(1), , 97 Stat. 176; renumbered title XXIII, § 2310, Pub. L. 99–660, title III, § 311(a), , 100 Stat. 3755; renumbered title XXV, § 2508, Pub. L. 100–607, title II, § 201(1), (3), , 102 Stat. 3062, 3063; renumbered title XXVI, § 2608, Pub. L. 100–690, title II, § 2620(a), , 102 Stat. 4244; renumbered title XXVII, § 2708, Pub. L. 101–381, title I, § 101(1), (2), , 104 Stat. 576; renumbered title II, § 238, Pub. L. 103–43, title XX, § 2010(a)(1)–(3), , 107 Stat. 213.)