(a) The Secretary of the Navy may provide for physical examination by civilians of employees engaged in hazardous occupations, where the professional services of the Medical Department are not available. The Secretary may compensate these civilians for their services, on a contract or fee basis, at the rates customary in the locality.
(b) The Secretary, to the extent he considers proper, may delegate the authority conferred by this section to any person in the Department of the Navy, with or without the authority to make successive redelegations.
Structure US Code
Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps
PART IV— GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 871— CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
§ 8742. Physical examination: employees engaged in hazardous occupations
§ 8746. Administration of oaths by clerks and employees
§ 8748. Naval War College and Marine Corps University: civilian faculty members
§ 8749a. Civil service mariners of Military Sealift Command: alcohol testing