37 U.S.C. § 302c — Special pay: psychologists and nonphysician health care providers
submitted 39 years ago by Pub. L. 100-140 to r/title-37-PAY-AND-ALLOWANCES-OF-THE-UNIFORMED-SERVICES · 381 words · no verdicts yet
This law gives special pay to certain military psychologists and other non-physician health care officers. The Public Health Service must pay board-certified psychologist officers a set yearly rate based on years of service. The military may extend similar pay to other qualified psychologists and health providers.
(a) Public Health Service Corps. An officer* in the Regular or Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service who is designated a psychologist, and who holds a Diplomate in Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology, is entitled to the special pay* set out in subsection (b).
(b) Rate of Special Pay. The yearly rate depends on years of creditable service: $2,000 with under 10 years, $2,500 with 10 to under 12 years, $3,000 with 12 to under 14 years, $4,000 with 14 to under 18 years, and $5,000 with 18 or more years.
(c) Army, Navy, and Air Force Psychologists. The Secretary of Defense may give the same rates from subsection (b) to an officer who is in the Army or Navy Medical Service Corps or an Air Force biomedical sciences officer, is designated a psychologist, and holds the same Diplomate in Psychology.
(d) Nonphysician Health Care Providers. The relevant secretary may authorize the same rates from subsection (b) for an officer who (1) belongs to specified corps — the Army or Navy Medical Service Corps, an Air Force biomedical sciences officer, the Army Medical Specialist Corps, the Army or Navy Nurse Corps, an Air Force nurse, a Coast Guard or Coast Guard Reserve physician assistant, or the Public Health Service's Regular or Reserve Corps; (2) is a health care provider other than a psychologist; (3) holds a degree beyond a bachelor's; and (4) is certified by a professional board in their specialty.
A member* who is—
an officer* in the Regular or Reserve Corps 1 of the Public Health Service and is designated as a psychologist; and
has been awarded a diploma as a Diplomate in Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology,
is entitled to special pay*, as provided in subsection (b).
The rate of special pay to which an officer is entitled pursuant to subsection (a) shall be—
$2,000 per year, if the officer has less than 10 years of creditable service;
$2,500 per year, if the officer has at least 10 but less than 12 years of creditable service;
$3,000 per year, if the officer has at least 12 but less than 14 years of creditable service;
$4,000 per year, if the officer has at least 14 but less than 18 years of creditable service; or
$5,000 per year, if the officer has 18 or more years of creditable service.
The Secretary of Defense may provide special pay at the rates specified in subsection (b) to an officer who—
is an officer in the Medical Service Corps of the Army or Navy or a biomedical sciences officer in the Air Force;
is designated as a psychologist; and
has been awarded a diploma as a Diplomate in Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology.
The Secretary concerned* may authorize the payment of special pay at the rates specified in subsection (b) to an officer who—
is an officer in the Medical Service Corps of the Army or Navy, a biomedical sciences officer in the Air Force, an officer in the Army Medical Specialist Corps, an officer of the Nurse Corps of the Army or Navy, an officer of the Air Force designated as a nurse, an officer of the Coast Guard or Coast Guard Reserve designated as a physician assistant, or an officer in the Regular or Reserve Corps 1 of the Public Health Service;
is a health care provider (other than a psychologist);
has a postbaccalaureate degree; and
is certified by a professional board in the officer’s specialty.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 100–140, § 2(a), Oct. 26, 1987, 101 Stat. 830; amended Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VII, § 704(a), (b)(1), (c), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1471; Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title VI, § 618(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1579; Pub. L. 102–25, title VII, § 702(a)(2)(A), Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 117; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VI, § 611, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2420; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title VI, § 617, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 362; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title VI, § 614(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2544; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(c)(5), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1904; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 627], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–153; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, § 1063(b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 322.)
- 1987Enacted · Pub. L. 100-140 · 101 Stat. 830
- 1989Amended · Pub. L. 101-189 · 103 Stat. 1471
- 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-510 · 104 Stat. 1579
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-25 · 105 Stat. 117
- 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-484 · 106 Stat. 2420
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-106 · 110 Stat. 362
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-201 · 110 Stat. 2544
- 1997Amended · Pub. L. 105-85 · 111 Stat. 1904
- 2000Amended · Pub. L. 106-398 · 114 Stat. 1654, 1654
- 2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-181 · 122 Stat. 322
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 100-140 on 1987-10-26.
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