| LC control no. | n 79132273 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health |
| Variant(s) | United States. Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health United States. Assistant Secretary for Health United States. Surgeon General (Public Health Service) |
| See also | Predecessor: United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General |
| Biography/History note | The Office of Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs was renamed the Office of Assistant Secretary for Health, July 1, 1973. |
| Beginning date | 19730701 |
| Found in | Its Healthy people, 1979: t.p. (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General) Phone call to the Office of the Surgeon General, 1/24/89 (During the period 7/12/77 to 1/20/81, Dr. Julius B. Richmond held the combined office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General) U.S. Govt. manual, 1979/1980, 1986/87: p. 267 (Public Health Service: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health) Federal yellow book, rev. 10/85 (Assistant Secretary for Health) DC tel. dir., May 1987 (Assistant Sec'y for Health) HHS dir., Fall 1983 (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health) History of the Office of the Surgeon General, via Office of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary for Health, and Surgeon General, at Dept. of Health and Human Services web site, 10/3/2000 (in 1798, Congress est'd the U.S. Marine Hospital Service (predecessor of Public Health Service); in 1870, the Service was reorg. as a national hospital system with centralized administration under a medical officer, the Supervising Surgeon (to be known later as the Surgeon General); first Supervising Surgeon appointed in 1871, who est'd a cadre of medical personnel to administer Marine Hospital System; Jan. 4, 1889, Congress recognized the cadre by authorizing the Commissioned Corps; before 1968, Surg. Gen'l was head of Public Health Service (PHS); reorg. in 1968, responsibility for PHS assigned to Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), Office of the Surgeon General was abolished, and Surg. Gen'l became a deputy to the ASH; 1972, Surg. Gen'l became advisor to Sec'y instead of advisor to the ASH; 1977, ASH and Surgeon General combined; 1981, separated again; 1987, Office of the Surg. Gen'l re-est'd as staff office in Office of ASH.; Surg. Gen'l reports to the ASH) |
| Invalid LCCN | n 79039904 |
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