Selective Service Examinations

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HomeRadiologyVol. 35, No. 6 PreviousNext Bulletin of the Inter-Society Committee for RadiologySelective Service ExaminationsPublished Online:Dec 1 1940https://doi.org/10.1148/35.6.743bMoreSectionsPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked In AbstractThe following bulletins were sent by the American College of Radiology to its list of State representatives and the secretaries of regional radiological societies last month. They are published herewith for the information of all radiologists.Selective Service Examinations (Oct. 29,1940).—This bulletin is to advise you concerning procedures adopted for the examination for physical qualifications of registrants under the Selective Service Act. Some details in this procedure have not yet been completed and, as a consequence, the information contained herein may be supplemented or revised in future bulletins. Vincent W. Archer, M.D., Chairman of the Board of Chancellors, has authorized this office to disseminate all pertinent information of special interest to radiologists in connection with Selective Service as subsequent regulations are adopted.The basic responsibility of determination as to physical qualifications of registrants will rest on local draft boards in some 6,500 communities. Local boards under Selective Service Regulations have original jurisdiction with respect to physical qualifications of registrants, subject to appeal. Each local board will have one or more examining physicians who will examine all registrants sent to them by the local board. Standards of physical examinations will be furnished them. It is estimated that there will be about 90 men per local board requiring physical examination. Examining physicians will be appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Governors of the respective States. They will serve without pay.Provision has been made to furnish the supplies required in physical examinations and to pay on a cost basis for those procedures necessary for the determination of a draftee's physical fitness, such as laboratory or x-ray examinations. A subcommittee of the Committee on Medical Preparedness has been appointed to establish a schedule of charges on the basis of which pathologists, radiologists, and other special examiners will be reimbursed for the costs incurred in making examinations referred to them. This schedule has not yet been completed.As provided in the Selective Service Act (Section VII-146), Medical Advisory Boards “shall be appointed by the Governor of each State to assist local boards in determining the physical qualifications of registrants. The Board shall, if practicable, consist of internists; eye, ear, nose, and throat specialists; orthopedists; surgeons; psychiatrists; clinical pathologists; radiographers, and dentists. In the event that a Medical Advisory Board cannot be made available to a local board, the Governor shall appoint individual specialists who shall act as a Medical Advisory Board.”The chairman of each Medical Advisory Board shall authorize such special examinations and laboratory tests as he may deem necessary and shall cause to be forwarded to the State Procurement officer for payment the bill for such examinations (Section VII-529).Article HistoryPublished in print: Dec 1940 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsRecommended Articles RSNA Education Exhibits RSNA Case Collection Vol. 35, No. 6 Metrics Altmetric Score PDF download