CHAPTER 74-VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION-PERSONNEL
SUBCHAPTER I-APPOINTMENTS
7401.
Appointments in Veterans Health Administration.
7402.
Qualifications of appointees.
7403.
Period of appointments; promotions.
7404.
Grades and pay scales.
7405.
Temporary full-time appointments, part-time appointments, and without-compensation appointments.
7406.
Residencies and internships.
7407.
Administrative provisions for section 7405 and 7406 appointments.
7408.
Appointment of additional employees.
7409.
Contracts for scarce medical specialist services.
7410.
Additional pay authorities.
7411.
Full-time board-certified physicians and dentists: reimbursement of continuing professional education expenses.
7412.
Annual determination of staffing shortages; recruitment and appointment for needed occupations.
7413.
Treatment of podiatrists; clinical oversight standards.
7414.
Compliance with requirements for examining qualifications and clinical abilities of health care professionals.
SUBCHAPTER II-COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
7421.
Personnel administration: in general.
7422.
Collective bargaining.
7423.
Personnel administration: full-time employees.
7424.
Travel expenses of certain employees.
7425.
Employees: laws not applicable.
SUBCHAPTER III-PAY FOR PHYSICIANS, PODIATRISTS, AND DENTISTS
7432.
Pay of Under Secretary for Health.
7433.
Administrative matters.
SUBCHAPTER IV-PAY FOR NURSES AND OTHER HEALTH-CARE PERSONNEL
7451.
Nurses and other health-care personnel: competitive pay.
7452.
Nurses and other health-care personnel: administration of pay.
7453.
Nurses: additional pay.
7454.
Physician assistants and other health care professionals: additional pay.
7455.
Increases in rates of basic pay.
7456.
Nurses: special rules for weekend duty.
7456A.
Nurses: alternate work schedules.
7458.
Recruitment and retention bonus pay.
7459.
Nursing staff: special rules for overtime duty.
SUBCHAPTER V-DISCIPLINARY AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
7461.
Adverse actions: section 7401(1) employees.
7462.
Major adverse actions involving professional conduct or competence.
7463.
Other adverse actions.
7464.
Disciplinary Appeals Boards.
SUBCHAPTER VI-REGIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION CENTERS
7471.
Designation of Regional Medical Education Centers.
7472.
Supervision and staffing of Centers.
7473.
Personnel eligible for training.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2022-
Pub. L. 117–328, div. U, title I, §112(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5414
, added item 7414.
Pub. L. 117–168, §1(b)(2), title IX, §906(b)(1), Aug. 10, 2022, 136 Stat. 1759
, 1812, added item 7404A.
2019-
Pub. L. 116–12, §1(b)(4), Apr. 8, 2019, 133 Stat. 845
, substituted "PAY FOR PHYSICIANS, PODIATRISTS, AND DENTISTS" for "PAY FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS" in item for subchapter III.
2018-
Pub. L. 115–182, title V, §502(a)(2), June 6, 2018, 132 Stat. 1475
, which directed amendment of the table of sections for chapter 74 by adding item 7413 after item 7412, without specifying the Code title to be amended, was executed to the table of sections for this chapter, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
2014-
Pub. L. 113–146, §301(a)(2), Aug. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 1784
, added item 7412.
2010-
Pub. L. 111–163, title VI, §602(a)(2), May 5, 2010, 124 Stat. 1173
, added item 7459.
2004-
Pub. L. 108–445, §§3(g), 4(a)(2), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2643
, 2645, substituted "PAY FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS" for "SPECIAL PAY FOR PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS" in item for subchapter III, "Pay" for "Special pay: authority" in item 7431, "Pay of Under Secretary for Health" for "Special pay: written agreements" in item 7432, "Administrative matters" for "Special pay: full-time physicians" in item 7433, struck out items 7434 "Special pay: part-time physicians", 7435 "Special pay: full-time dentists", 7436 "Special pay: part-time dentists", 7437 "Special pay: general provisions", 7438 "Special pay: coordination with other benefits laws", 7439 "Periodic review of pay of physicians and dentists; quadrennial report", and 7440 "Annual report", and added item 7456A.
1991-
Pub. L. 102–40, title I, §§102, 103(a)(2), title II, §203(b), title IV, §401(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 187
, 199, 207, 221, added chapter heading and analysis.