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38 U.S.C. § 7409 — Contracts for scarce medical specialist services
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**(a)** The Secretary may enter into contracts with institutions and persons described in subsection (b) to provide scarce medical specialist services at Department facilities. Such services may include the services of physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, chiropractors, nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries, technicians, and other medical support personnel.
**(b)** Institutions and persons with whom the Secretary may enter into contracts under subsection (a) are the following:
(1) Schools and colleges of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, and nursing.
(2) Clinics.
(3) Any other group or individual capable of furnishing such scarce medical specialist services.
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**(a)** The Secretary may enter into contracts with institutions and persons described in subsection (b) to provide scarce medical specialist services at Department facilities. Such services may include the services of physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, chiropractors, nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries, technicians, and other medical support personnel.
**(b)** Institutions and persons with whom the Secretary may enter into contracts under subsection (a) are the following:
(1) Schools and colleges of medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, and nursing.
(2) Clinics.
(3) Any other group or individual capable of furnishing such scarce medical specialist services.
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**(a)**
(1) The remedy—
(A) against the United States provided by sections 1346(b) and 2672 of title 28, or
(B) through proceedings for compensation or other benefits from the United States as provided by any other law, where the availability of such benefits precludes a remedy under section 1346(b) or 2672 of title 28,
for damages for personal injury, including death, allegedly arising from malpractice or negligence of a health care employee of the Administration in furnishing health care or treatment while in the exercise of that employee’s duties in or for the Administration shall be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding by reason of the same subject matter against the health care employee (or employee’s estate) whose act or omission gave rise to such claim.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “health care employee of the Administration” means a physician, dentist, podiatrist, chiropractor, optometrist, nurse, physician assistant, expanded-function dental auxiliary, pharmacist, or paramedical (such as medical and dental technicians, nursing assistants, and therapists), or other supporting personnel.
**(b)** The Attorney General shall defend any civil action or proceeding brought in any court against any person referred to in subsection (a) (or such person’s estate) for any such damage or injury. Any such person against whom such civil action or proceeding is brought shall deliver within such time after date of service or knowledge of service as determined by the Attorney General, all process served upon such person or an attested true copy thereof to such person’s immediate superior or to whomever was designated by the Secretary to receive such papers and such person shall promptly furnish copies of the pleading and process therein to t
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**(a) Demonstration Project Authorized.—** The Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training shall carry out a demonstration project on credentialing in accordance with this section for the purpose of facilitating the seamless transition of members of the Armed Forces from service on active duty to civilian employment.
**(b) Identification of Military Occupational Specialties and Associated Credentials and Licenses.—**
(1) The Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training shall, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, select not more than five military occupational specialties for purposes of the demonstration project. Each specialty so selected by the Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training shall require a skill or set of skills that is required for civilian employment in an industry with high growth or high worker demand.
(2) The Assistant Secretary shall enter into a contract with an appropriate entity representing a coalition of State governors to consult with appropriate Federal, State, and industry officials and identify requirements for credentials, certifications, and licenses that require a skill or set of skills required by a military occupational specialty selected under paragraph (1).
(3) The Assistant Secretary shall analyze the requirements identified under paragraph (2) to determine which requirements may be satisfied by the skills, training, or experience acquired by members of the Armed Forces with the military occupational specialties selected under paragraph (1).
**(c) Elimination of Barriers to Credentialing and Licensure.—** The Assistant Secretary shall cooperate with appropriate Federal, State, and industry officials to reduce or eliminate any barriers to providing a
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TITLE 38—VETERANS’ BENEFITS
§ 7409
fied citizens for the necessary services, appoint-
ments under sections 7405 and 7406 of this title
may be made without regard to the citizenship
requirements of section 7402(c) of this title or of
any other law prohibiting the employment of, or
payment of compensation to, a person who is
not a citizen of the United States.
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Under Sec-
retary for Health may waive for the purpose of
the appointment of an individual under section
7405 or 7406 of this title the requirements set
forth in section 7402(b) of this title—
(A) that a physician, dentist, psychologist,
optometrist, registered nurse, practical or vo-
cational nurse, or physical therapist be li-
censed or certified, as appropriate;
(B) that the licensure or certification of
such an individual be in a State; and
(C) that a psychologist have completed an
internship.
(2) The waivers authorized in paragraph (1)
may be granted—
(A) in the case of clauses (A) and (C) of such
paragraph, if the individual (i) will be em-
ployed to conduct research or serve in an aca-
demic position, and (ii) will have no responsi-
bility for furnishing direct patient care serv-
ices; and
(B) in the case of clause (B) of such para-
graph, if the individual will be employed to
serve in a country other than the United
States and the individual’s licensure or reg-
istration is in the country in which the indi-
vidual is to serve.
(c) The program of training prescribed by the
Secretary in order to qualify a person for the po-
sition of full-time physician assistant or ex-
panded-function dental auxiliary shall be con-
sidered a full-time institutional program for
purposes of chapter 34 of this title. The Sec-
retary may consider training for suc
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