38 U.S.C. § 7433 — Administrative matters

submitted 22 years ago by Pub. L. 108-445 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 106 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must write rules about how VA doctors, dentists, podiatrists, and optometrists get paid. Before doing that, the Secretary must consider the Under Secretary for Health's recommendations. The Under Secretary must first ask labor unions and professional groups representing these employees for their views.

(a) Regulations: The Secretary must prescribe regulations relating to the pay of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists in the Veterans Health Administration under this subchapter. (b) Recommendations and views: In prescribing those regulations, the Secretary must take into account the recommendations of the Under Secretary for Health on administering this subchapter. In forming those recommendations, the Under Secretary must ask for the views of labor organizations that are the exclusive representatives of the Department's physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists, and the views of professional organizations representing the Department's physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists.

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(a)Regulations.—

The Secretary shall prescribe regulations relating to the pay of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists in the Veterans Health Administration under this subchapter.

(b)Recommendations and Views.—

In prescribing the regulations, the Secretary shall take into account the recommendations of the Under Secretary for Health on the administration of this subchapter. In formulating recommendations for the purpose of this subsection, the Under Secretary shall request the views of representatives of labor organizations that are exclusive representatives of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists of the Department and the views of representatives of professional organizations of physicians, optometrists, podiatrists, and dentists of the Department.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 108–445, § 3(b), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2640; amended Pub. L. 116–12, § 1(b)(2), (5), Apr. 8, 2019, 133 Stat. 845; Pub. L. 118–210, title I, § 142(a)(3)(B), Jan. 2, 2025, 138 Stat. 2746.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

2004Enacted · Pub. L. 108-445 · 118 Stat. 2640
2019Amended · Pub. L. 116-12 · 133 Stat. 845
2025Amended · Pub. L. 118-210 · 138 Stat. 2746

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