The PHS Commissioned Corps, with approximately 6000 officers, is led by whom?

The PHS Commissioned Corps, with approximately 6000 officers, is led by whom?

• A. Surgeon General
• B. Secretary of Health and Human Services
• C. Chief Medical Officer
• D. Director of the CDC

Answer: (A)

The leadership role being tested is who heads the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The answer is the Surgeon General, who serves as the professional head and commander of the Commissioned Corps, a uniformed service of about 6,000 officers. The Surgeon General acts as the nation’s doctor and public health spokesperson, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, operating within the Department of Health and Human Services. The Secretary of Health and Human Services runs the entire department, not the corps specifically; the Director of the CDC leads that agency, and the Chief Medical Officer is a role in various organizations but not the overall leader of the PHS Commissioned Corps.

The leadership role being tested is who heads the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The answer is the Surgeon General, who serves as the professional head and commander of the Commissioned Corps, a uniformed service of about 6,000 officers. The Surgeon General acts as the nation’s doctor and public health spokesperson, appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, operating within the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services runs the entire department, not the corps specifically; the Director of the CDC leads that agency, and the Chief Medical Officer is a role in various organizations but not the overall leader of the PHS Commissioned Corps.