Sec. 516. Required staffing of administrative separation boards
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The Secretary of the military department concerned shall ensure that any administrative separation board under the jurisdiction of such Secretary has assigned to it the following: A nonvoting legal advisor who shall be responsible for providing legal advice to the President of the board on— the operations and procedures of the board; and matters under consideration by the board. A nonvoting recorder who shall be responsible for representing the separation authority in the in the proceedings before the board.
The nonvoting legal advisor referred to in subsection (a)(1) and the recorder referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall each be selected by the staff judge advocate and each shall serve under the supervision of such staff judge advocate. The staff judge advocate who selects the recorder under paragraph
(1)shall include in the record of the proceedings of the board a written certification affirming that the recorder has the legal skills necessary to competently fulfill the duties of that position.