38 U.S.C. § 7413 — Treatment of podiatrists; clinical oversight standards
submitted 8 years ago by Pub. L. 115-182 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 103 words · no verdicts yet
A podiatrist appointed in the Veterans Health Administration may qualify for supervisory positions on the same basis as an appointed physician. The Secretary must set standards to prevent specialists from directly overseeing providers in other clinical specialties for peer review or practice evaluation.
(a) Podiatrists. Unless subsection (b) applies, a doctor of podiatric medicine appointed as a podiatrist under section 7401(1) of this title is eligible for any Veterans Health Administration supervisory position to the same extent as a physician appointed under that section.
(b) Establishment of Clinical Oversight Standards. After consulting appropriate stakeholders, the Secretary* must establish standards ensuring that specialists appointed to supervisory positions in the Veterans Health Administration do not provide direct clinical oversight, for peer review or practice evaluation, of providers in other clinical specialties.
Except as provided by subsection (b), a doctor of podiatric medicine who is appointed as a podiatrist under section 7401(1) of this title is eligible for any supervisory position in the Veterans Health Administration to the same degree that a physician appointed under such section is eligible for the position.
The Secretary*, in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, shall establish standards to ensure that specialists appointed in the Veterans Health Administration to supervisory positions do not provide direct clinical oversight for purposes of peer review or practice evaluation for providers of other clinical specialties.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 115–182, title V, § 502(a)(1), June 6, 2018, 132 Stat. 1475.)
- 2018Enacted · Pub. L. 115-182 · 132 Stat. 1475
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