38 U.S.C. § 7454 — Physician assistants and other health care professionals: additional pay
submitted 35 years ago by Pub. L. 102-40 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 211 words · no verdicts yet
Physician assistants and expanded-function dental auxiliaries receive nurse-like additional pay. The Secretary may extend similar pay to other listed health-care professionals and must set compensation rules.
(a) Physician assistants and expanded-function dental auxiliaries receive additional pay on the same basis as nurses under section 7453. (b)(1) When necessary to obtain or retain people in positions listed in section 7401(3), the Secretary* may pay additional amounts nationwide, locally, or in another geographic area on the nurse-payment basis. (2) Those health-care professionals are entitled to the weekend additional pay provided to nurses under section 7453(c). (3) Employees appointed under section 7408 whose tour includes any time from midnight Friday through midnight Sunday receive, for each hour of that tour, an additional 25% of hourly basic pay. (c) The Secretary must set compensation* and payment standards by regulation.
Physician assistants and expanded-function dental auxiliaries shall be entitled to additional pay on the same basis as provided for nurses in section 7453 of this title.
When the Secretary* determines it to be necessary in order to obtain or retain the services of individuals in positions listed in section 7401(3) of this title, the Secretary may, on a nationwide, local, or other geographic basis, pay persons employed in such positions additional pay on the same basis as provided for nurses in section 7453 of this title.
Health care professionals employed in positions referred to in paragraph (1) shall be entitled to additional pay on the same basis as provided for nurses in section 7453(c) of this title.
Employees appointed under section 7408 of this title performing service on a tour of duty, any part of which is within the period commencing at midnight Friday and ending at midnight Sunday, shall receive additional pay in addition to the rate of basic pay provided such employees for each hour of service on such tour at a rate equal to 25 percent of such employee’s hourly rate of basic pay.
The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation standards for compensation* and payment under this section.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 102–40, title IV, § 401(b)(4), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 234; amended Pub. L. 107–135, title I, § 121(a), Jan. 23, 2002, 115 Stat. 2450; Pub. L. 108–170, title III, §§ 301(d), 303(a), Dec. 6, 2003, 117 Stat. 2057, 2058; Pub. L. 111–163, title VI, § 601(k)(2), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1171.)
- 1991Enacted · Pub. L. 102-40 · 105 Stat. 234
- 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-135 · 115 Stat. 2450
- 2003Amended · Pub. L. 108-170 · 117 Stat. 2057, 2058
- 2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-163 · 124 Stat. 1171
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 102-40 on 1991-05-07.
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