# Service Fellowships
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 1998-02-27 · 63 FR 9949
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-4837
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 9949
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 61
- **Publication date:** 1998-02-27
## Abstract

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is amending the regulations governing service fellowships by revising the current authority citation, extending the time limitation on initial appointments from 2 years to 5 years, permitting extensions of appointments for up to 5 years rather than year-to-year, and deleting obsolete references to the Surgeon General. These changes are being made to provide HHS health agencies with greater flexibility to recruit and retain talented scientists and to update obsolete references.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/02/27/98-4837/service-fellowships)
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