ment Division stock, at the schedule price plus any applicable Procurement Division surcharge. The Procurement Division will place a stamp of approval on each request for allocation, showing that it has taken the required action with respect thereto, and any request for allocation received by National Industries without such stamp of approval shall be forwarded to the Procurement Division for attention.

(c) National Industries shall determine, immediately upon receipt of each request for allocation, whether any agency for the blind is in a position to furnish the requirement, and if not, shall promptly return the request to the Procurement Division. As soon as National Industries determines which agency for the blind is to furnish the requirement, it shall notify the ordering office of the name and address of said agency for the blind. Where National Industries finds that costs have substantially changed, it shall hold requests for allocation and recommend that the Committee revise prices, and such requests for allocation shall be held until the Committee has had an opportunity to act.

§ 301.6 Clearances. (a) The Procurement Division may grant clearance to any ordering office to purchase from commercial sources any item listed in the schedule (1) when necessary to meet emergency requirements, or (2) no agency for the blind is in a position to furnish the requirement.

(b) Any ordering office may purchase from commercial sources any item listed in the schedule to meet requirements (1) that do not exceed a single unit or (2) that are for use outside continental United States.

(a) The

$ 301.7 Purchase procedure. ordering office will issue a purchase order to the agency for the blind designated by National Industries to furnish the requirement. A copy of the purchase order shall also be forwarded to National Industries.

(b) Invoices covering orders filled for blind-made commodities will be transmitted by the agency for the blind, as directed by the ordering office, and if the regulations of an ordering office require the use of vouchers, such vouchers will be transmitted by the ordering office directly to said agency for the blind for

completion and return to the ordering office. Invoices shall be submitted in triplicate, and the original copy shall be duly certified by an authorized representative of the agency for the blind.

§ 301.8 Agencies for the blind; restrictions. (a) No commodity listed in the schedule shall be delivered to any ordering office by an agency for the blind, unless (1) at least 75 percent of the direct labor of production of such commodity, including preparation of materials, processing and packing, shall have been performed by the blind in producing the commodity for delivery to ordering offices and elsewhere, and (2) such commodity shall have been produced and sold by the particular agency for the blind for at least 6 months prior to de-. livery of such commodity to any ordering office.

(b) Each agency for the blind shall keep on file an eye record card containing information that will establish whether a person employed in the production of commodities listed in the schedule is blind as defined in section § 301.1 (a). Copies of these cards shall also be filed with National Industries.

(c) As a prerequisite to participation in such Government orders, each agency for the blind shall file with National Industries copies of its certificate of incorporation, constitution and by-laws, or other instruments of similar import showing its authority and permitted activities.

(d) Each agency for the blind participating in such Government orders shall maintain an accounting system and, not less often than once each year, shall prepare a financial report and operating statement that accurately reflects its operations. Operating statements shall show as a separate item the amount of wages paid to blind employees. Books and records shall be made available for inspection at any time to representatives of National Industries or the Committee.

(e) No allocation of requirements shall be made by National Industries to any agency for the blind not operating in accordance with this part.

§ 301.9 Reports. National Industries shall furnish to the Procurement Division quarterly reports of purchases made by ordering offices, through allocation, of

commodities listed in the schedule. These reports shall include a list of all purchase orders filled, with the quantity, shipping and delivery points, and the amount received for each commodity under each order. The Procurement Division shall then submit a summary of these reports to the Committee with any recommendations it may deem appro

priate.

§ 301.10 Regulations effective date; amendment. This part shall be effective on and after the date of approval by the Committee; Provided, however, That the Committee may, subject to the provisions of the basic act, amend this part from time to time. Notice of any such amendment and the effective date thereof will be given through the Procurement Division.

Part

1

202

CODIFICATION: Former Part 1-Personnel is redesignated Part 1a.

1.1 Meaning of terms. As used in this chapter, the term:

(a) "Act" means the act approved July 1, 1944, 58 Stat. 682, entitled "An Act to consolidate and revise the laws relating to the Public Health Service, and for other purposes."

(b) "Administrator" means the Federal Security Administrator.

(c) "Agency" means the Federal Security Agency.

(d) "Service" means the Public Health Service.

(e) "Surgeon General" means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. (Sec. 215, 58 Stat. 690; 42 U.S.C., Sup., 216) [E.O. 9655, Nov. 14, 1945, 10 F.R. 14121]

Narcotic addicts. [Added]
Grants to States for Public Health
Services. [Revised]

10 Grants to States for venereal disease control. [Superseded] Foreign quarantine. [Amended] Payments to provide training for nurses. [Amended]

11

28

30 Uniform and insignia of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps. [Amended]

ASSISTANT SURGEON OR PASSED ASSISTANT SURGEON IN REGULAR CORPS; APPOINTMENT

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS; APPOINTMENT

1a.41

False statements. [Revoked]

1a.42

Scale of grades in examinations. [Revoked]

[Re

1a.44 Statement by applicant concerning mental and physical fitness. voked]

1a.46 Rejection of applicant by board of ex

aminers. [Revoked]

1a.47 Withdrawal of applicant from examination. [Revoked]

SPECIALISTS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

§ 1a.1 Appointment. [Revoked] CODIFICATION: §§ 1a.1, 1a.2, 1a.11-1a.14, 1a.17, 1a.21-1a.23, 1a.31-1a.33, 1a.41, 1a.42, 1a.44, 1a.46, 1a.47, 1a.51-1a.58, 1a.91-1a.94 and 1a.95 were revoked to sec. 3.21 of Executive Order 9655, Nov. 14, 1945, 10 F.R. 14148.

§ 1a.2 Second examination prohibited. [Revoked, see codification note to § 1a.1] ASSISTANT SURGEON OR PASSED ASSISTANT SURGEON IN REGULAR CORPS; APPOINTMENT

§ 1a.11 Application for examination. [Revoked, see codification note to § 1a.1]

§ 1a.12 Fitness tests; relative values. [Revoked, see codification note to § 1a.1] § 1a.13 General educational test. [Revoked, see codification note to § 1a.1]

§ 1a.14 Test for general fitness and aptitude. [Revoked, see codification

note to § 1a.1]

§ 1a.17 Unsuccessful applicant; second examination. [Revoked, see codification note to § 1a.11

ASSISTANT SURGEON; APPOINTMENT
[REVOKED]

§§ 1a.21-1a.23 [See codification note tola.11

PASSED ASSISTANT SURGEON; APPOINTMENT [REVOKED]

§§ 1a.31-1a.33 [See codification note to § 1a.1]

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS; APPOINTMENT § 1a.41 False statements. [Revoked, see codification note to § 1a.1]

§ 1a.42 Scale of grades in examinations. [Revoked, see codification note to § 1a.1]

§ 1a.44 Statement by applicant concerning mental and physical fitness. [Revoked, see codification note to §1a.1]

§ 1a.46 Rejection of applicant by board of examiners. [Revoked, see codification note under § 1a.1]

§ 1a.47 Withdrawal of applicant from examination. [Revoked, see codification note to § 1a.11

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF RESERVE
CORPS; APPOINTMENT [REVOKED]
§§ 1a.51-1a.58

to § 1a.1]

[See codification note

§ 1a.95 Uniforms of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service, and wearing of such uniforms. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the uniforms of male commissioned officers of the Public Health Service shall be the same as the uniforms now or hereafter prescribed for male commissioned officers of the Coast Guard of corresponding grades, except that:

(1) Public Health Service insignia shall be substituted for Coast Guard insignia other than appropriate insignia of grade, and

(2) A metal Public Health Service miniature corps device shall be worn in lieu of the grade mark worn by commissioned officers of the Coast Guard, on the left shirt collar tip of the slate gray or khaki uniform.

(b) The uniforms of male commissioned officers of the Public Health Service detailed for duty or serving as liaison officers with the Army, or performing such other assignments in such places or under such circumstances as the Surgeon General may from time to time determine make the wearing of Army type uniforms more appropriate, shall be the same as the uniforms now or hereafter prescribed for male commissioned officers of corresponding grades of the Medical Corps of the Army, except that Public Health Service insignia shall be substituted for Army or