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22-551: The warning reads: GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the Surgeon General , women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects. (2) Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery, and may cause health problems. The ABLA also contains a declaration of policy and purpose, which states that the United States Congress finds that

44-520: Is a level I position in the Executive Schedule , thus earning a salary of US$ 246,400, as of January 2024. Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Latino descent to hold the post. The duties of the secretary revolve around human conditions and concerns in the United States . This includes advising

66-766: Is the Surgeon General's Medallion (the highest award bestowed by board action is the Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal ). The surgeon general also has many informal duties, such as educating the American public about health issues and advocating healthy lifestyle choices. The office also periodically issues health warnings. Perhaps the best known example of this is the surgeon general's warning label that has been present on all packages of American tobacco cigarettes since 1966. A similar health warning has appeared on alcoholic beverages labels since 1988. In 1798, Congress established

88-801: Is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services , and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all health matters. The secretary is a member of the United States Cabinet . The office was formerly Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. In 1980, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services, and its education functions and Rehabilitation Services Administration were transferred to

110-423: Is the overall head of the commissioned corps, a 6,500-member cadre of uniformed health professionals who are on call 24 hours a day and can be dispatched by the secretary of HHS or by the assistant secretary for health in the event of a public health emergency. The surgeon general is also the ultimate award authority for several public health awards and decorations, the highest of which that can be directly awarded

132-532: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , Centers for Disease Control (CDC) , National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) .     Democratic (9)     Republican (15)     Independent (2) Status    Denotes acting HHS Secretary    Nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services The line of succession for

154-498: The president on matters of health , welfare , and income security programs. The secretary strives to administer the Department of Health and Human Services to carry out approved programs and make the public aware of the objectives of the department. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) was reorganized into a Department of Education and a Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS) . The Department of Health and Human Services oversees 11 agencies including

176-461: The American public should be informed about the health hazards that may result from the consumption or abuse of alcoholic beverages, and has determined that it would be beneficial to provide a clear, nonconfusing reminder of such hazards, and that there is a need for national uniformity in such reminders in order to avoid the promulgation of incorrect or misleading information and to minimize burdens on interstate commerce. Research evidence suggests that

198-530: The Assistant Secretary for Health . The U.S. surgeon general is nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate . The surgeon general must be appointed from individuals who are members of the regular corps of the U.S. Public Health Service and have specialized training or significant experience in public health programs. However, there is no time requirement for membership in

220-647: The Marine Hospital Fund, a network of hospitals that cared for sick and disabled seamen. The Marine Hospital Fund was reorganized along military lines in 1870 and became the Marine Hospital Service —the predecessor to today's United States Public Health Service . The service became a separate bureau of the Treasury Department with its own staff, administration, headquarters in Washington, D.C., and

242-542: The Public Health Service before holding the office of the Surgeon General, and nominees traditionally were appointed as members of the Public Health Service and as surgeon general at the same time. The surgeon general serves a four-year term of office and, depending on whether the current assistant secretary for health is a commissioned corps officer, is either the senior or next-most senior uniformed officer of

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264-611: The United States The surgeon general of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the federal government of the United States . The surgeon general's office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General ( OSG ), which is housed within the Office of

286-597: The United States , and by law holds the rank of vice admiral . Officers of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps are classified as non-combatants, but can be subjected to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Geneva Conventions when designated by the commander-in-chief as a military force or if they are detailed or assigned to work with the armed forces . Officers of

308-413: The commissioned corps, holding the rank of vice admiral . The current surgeon general is Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy . The surgeon general reports to the assistant secretary for health (ASH). The ASH may be a four-star admiral in the commissioned corps, and serves as the principal advisor to the secretary of health and human services on public health and scientific issues. The surgeon general

330-583: The commissioned corps, including the surgeon general, wear uniforms that are modeled after uniforms of the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard , except that the commissioning devices, buttons, and insignia are unique. Officers in the U.S. Public Health Service wear unique devices that are similar to U.S. Navy staff corps officers (e.g., Navy Medical Service Corps , Supply Corps , etc.). The only surgeon general to actually hold

352-647: The current American fetal warnings aren't very effective. Many people don't notice them. The labels have been criticized for being so poorly-designed as to be almost useless. They are small, black-and-white, and entirely text-based, unlike tobacco packaging warning messages , which now mostly use images. Although drinking alcohol is harmful to health under all circumstances, the labels warn only about not drinking under specific circumstances, with messages about impaired driving and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders . All of these traits have been shown to make labels less effective, in lab and virtual studies. Tim Stockwell, one of

374-585: The new United States Department of Education . Patricia Roberts Harris headed the department before and after it was renamed. Nominations to the office of Secretary of HHS are referred to the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the United States Senate Committee on Finance , which has jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid, before confirmation is considered by the full United States Senate . Secretary of Health and Human Services

396-536: The position of supervising surgeon, later surgeon general. After 141 years under the Treasury Department, the Service came under the Federal Security Agency in 1939, then the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) in 1953, and finally the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) . Prior to 1970, the surgeon general was traditionally selected from career uniformed officers. Today,

418-486: The rank of a four-star admiral was David Satcher (born 1941, served 1998–2002). This was because he served simultaneously in the positions of surgeon general (three-star) and assistant secretary for health (which is a four-star office). John Maynard Woodworth (1837–1879, served 1871–1879), was the first holder of the office as "supervising surgeon." United States Secretary of Health and Human Services The United States secretary of health and human services

440-558: The researchers designing the Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study , described evidence on the effectiveness of the labels mandated by the Alcoholic Beverage Labeling Act as "pretty moot because the labels are so bad." This article relating to law in the United States or its constituent jurisdictions is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Surgeon General of

462-495: The surgeon general is usually selected from the civilian community, who aligns more closely with the president's political party. The office is not a particularly powerful one, and has little direct statutory impact on policy-making, but surgeons general are often vocal advocates of precedent-setting, far-sighted, unconventional, or even unpopular health policies. The U.S. Army , Navy , and Air Force also have officers overseeing medical matters in their respective services who hold

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484-496: The title Surgeon General, of their respective services, while the surgeon general of the United States is surgeon general of the entire nation. The insignia of the surgeon general, and the USPHS, use the caduceus as opposed to the Rod of Asclepius . The surgeon general is a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps , one of the eight uniformed services of

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