10 USC 643: Chaplains: discharge or retirement upon loss of professional qualifications
Text contains those laws in effect on December 2, 2024
From Title 10-ARMED FORCESSubtitle A-General Military LawPART II-PERSONNELCHAPTER 36-PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LISTSUBCHAPTER V-ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND RETIREMENT
§643. Chaplains: discharge or retirement upon loss of professional qualifications
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a commissioned officer on the active-duty list of the Army, Navy, or Air Force who is appointed or designated as a chaplain may, if he fails to maintain the qualifications needed to perform his professional function, be discharged or, if eligible for retirement, may be retired.
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Effective Date
Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to prescribe regulations under this section effective on Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of